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Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60 percent, blaming memory shortage

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22 Aug
Amazon blamed the price increases on memory and storage component costs. www.theverge.com/tech/983598/...

Amazon blamed the price increases on memory and storage component costs. www.theverge.com/tech/983598/...

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
9 May
Sony, Nintendo grapple with memory price surge as AI boom constrains supply, leading to higher console prices and projected lower sales

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Sony and Nintendo are both openly saying memory prices are exploding because AI datacenters are taking up supply, and now we are getting hit with

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
15 Apr
To no one's surprise, Microsoft is blaming “recent increases in memory and component costs” for the price hikes.

To no one's surprise, Microsoft is blaming “recent increases in memory and component costs” for the price hikes.

OPINION · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
22 Aug
Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent

Citing "significant increases in memory and storage component costs," in a statement given to Fortune, Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs, and Eeros by up to 60

REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
18 Jun
Apple to raise prices due to memory chip shortage, CEO Cook tells WSJ reut.rs/4uMQPUR

Apple to raise prices due to memory chip shortage, CEO Cook tells WSJ reut.rs/4uMQPUR

OPINION · WHO · ReutersOPEN STORY
25 Jun
Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory

Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.

REPORT · WHEN · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
10 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: China's AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites reut.rs/3UyKQqF

EXCLUSIVE: China's AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites reut.rs/3UyKQqF

OPINION · WHERE · ReutersOPEN STORY
25 Jun
Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more by hundreds of dollars

Apple is hiking the prices of its MacBooks, iPads, and other devices by hundreds of dollars in response to the ongoing memory and storage shortages. While the new MacBook Neo will

REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
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