• Trending: Everything announced at Samsung Unpacked: New Galaxy S26 phones and more Alexa+ gets three new personality styles Apple event on March 4: What to expect Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 10a iPhone Fold: All the rumors so far The cost of PC components has been skyrocketing as AI infrastructure buildout creates extraordinary demand amid limited supply • HP says that squeeze is now hitting PC memory especially hard, with RAM now accounting for 35 percent of a system’s overall cost • “We did share last quarter that memory and storage costs made up roughly 15 percent to 18 percent of our PC bill of materials, and we now currently estimate this to be roughly 35 percent for the year,” said CFO Karen Parkhill on the company’slatest earnings call • She also confirmed that part of the company’s response will be price increases • Samsungsimilarly warnedof potential price increases due to AI-induced memory shortages • Higher prices have unfortunatelybecome the normfor PC shoppers, especially in 2026, and theRAM crisisis playing a major role

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  • HP says RAM now accounts for more than a third of its PC costs That’s roughly double from the previous year as component costs keep rising. The cost of PC components has been skyrocketing as AI infrastructure buildout creates extraordinary demand amid limited supply. HP says that squeeze is now hitting PC memory especially hard, with RAM now accounting for 35 percent of a system’s overall cost. “We did share last quarter that memory and storage costs made up roughly 15 percent to 18 percent of our PC bill of materials, and we now currently estimate this to be roughly 35 percent for the year,”

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