{"id":987407,"date":"2026-01-24T08:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=987407"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:02:06","slug":"surging-memory-chip-prices-dim-outlook-for-consumer-electronics-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/24\/surging-memory-chip-prices-dim-outlook-for-consumer-electronics-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging memory chip prices dim outlook for consumer electronics makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies \u2060from Britain&#8217;s Raspberry Pi to HP Inc raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs. <\/p>\n<p>The rapid build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure by U.S. tech firms such as OpenAI, Alphabet-owned Google and Microsoft has absorbed much of the world&#8217;s memory chip supply, pushing up prices as manufacturers prioritize components for higher-margin data centers over consumer devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies \u2060from Britain&#8217;s Raspberry Pi to HP Inc raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs. The rapid build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure by U.S. tech firms such as OpenAI, Alphabet-owned Google and Microsoft has absorbed much of the world&#8217;s memory chip supply, pushing up prices as manufacturers prioritize components for higher-margin data centers over consumer devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}