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Smartphone Sales to Plummet 13% in 2026 Due to RAM Crisis, Says IDC

Jeff Carlson / cnet - AI-fueled memory scarcity is hitting the phone market hard this year, particularly for inexpensive, low-end devices.


AI hardware prices spike; DGX Spark rises $700

Nvidia DGX Spark gets 18% price increase as memory shortages bite — Founders Edition now $4,699, up from $3,999

7 days / tomshardware

NVIDIA DGX Spark Sees $700 Price Hike Due To Ongoing Memory Shortages, $4699 New Pricing

7 days / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba


Chip crunch threatens budget PCs and phones

RAM chip demand driving up PC costs, HP says

7 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

Memory Price Hikes Will Kill Off Budget PCs and Smartphones, Analyst Warns

7 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Chip crunch to hit smartphone, PC shipments in 2026 by over 10pc

7 days / siliconrepublic / silicon


DRAM price surge: suppliers hike quotes and contracts

What is causing the RAM shortage? Chip and supply chain experts explain

7 days / techxplore

The New Memory Prices Quoted by Samsung & SK Hynix for Q2 Are So ‘Absurd’ That Buyers Might Find It Better to Give Up

7 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Samsung secures 100% price hike from Apple for iPhone 17 memory

7 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak


IDC warns record 13% smartphone slump in 2026

Smartphone market poised for 'sharpest decline on record' in 2026

7 days / cnbc

Smartphone Sales to Plummet 13% in 2026 Due to RAM Crisis, Says IDC

8 days / cnet / Jeff Carlson

Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage

8 days / ycombinator

Smartphone sales could be in for their biggest drop ever

8 days / theverge / Emma Roth


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Memory Price Hikes Will Kill Off Budget PCs and Smartphones, Analyst Warns https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/02/27/008259/memory-price-hikes-will-kill-off-budget-pcs-and-smartphones-analyst-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

7 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

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Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

techpowerup - The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, is leaving the company to join Qualcomm. He will take on the role of Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Supply Chain at Qualcomm, effective March 2, 2026. At Qualcomm, O'Buckley will oversee globa…

#semiconductors #chips #business #jobs #supplychain #intel #manufacturing #technology #qualcomm

Latest Intel exit sees Foundry lead Kevin O’Buckley joining Qualcomm

7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Intel Shares Slide 3% as Foundry Leader Jumps Ship to Qualcomm

7 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm

7 days / ycombinator

Intel Foundry Manager Kevin O'Buckley Departs for Qualcomm

8 days / techpowerup

Intel Foundry Services Head Leaves For Qualcomm Supply Chain Post

8 days / reddit / /u/-protonsandneutrons-

Intel Foundry boss leaves for Qualcomm — Naga Chandrasekaran takes charge of the unit

8 days / tomshardware

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 19853 / 6 stories in 8 days


A Low-Cost MacBook Could Resemble a Chromebook in More Ways Than One

Kyle Barr / gizmodo - A sub-$1,000 MacBook would necessarily demand compromises, especially in the storage department.

#hardware #apple #business #pricing #manufacturing #macbook #technology #gadgets

Tim Cook Confirms a ‘Big Week’ of Apple Launches: Cheap MacBook Coming?

8 days / iphoneincanada / Gary Ng

A Low-Cost MacBook Could Resemble a Chromebook in More Ways Than One https://gizmodo.com/rumored-cheap-macbook-could-be-like-a-chromebook-in-more-ways-than-one-2000727022

8 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

A Low-Cost MacBook Could Resemble a Chromebook in More Ways Than One

8 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Apple’s Low-Cost MacBook Might Cost As Much As $749

8 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

The new low-cost MacBook might lack features you actually use

8 days / digitaltrends

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19813 / 5 stories in 8 days


HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC

techspot - Over the past few months, RAM chips used in new PCs have nearly doubled in price. According to HP Inc. CFO Karen Parkhill, memory's share of the PC bill of materials has risen from 15 percent to 18 percent, and now to roughly 35 percent. And that may be o…

#ai #hardware #semiconductors #chips #business #supplychain #pricing #manufacturing #gadgets #memory

Samsung exec confirms you can blame RAM — and other materials — for the Galaxy S26’s higher pricetag www.theverge.com/tech/885566/...

8 days / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

IDC says phone makers will ship only 1.12 billion smartphones as compared to 1.26 billion last year

8 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Samsung exec confirms you can blame RAM — and other materials — for the Galaxy S26’s higher pricetag

8 days / theverge / Sean Hollister

This Person Paid $300 for a RAM Kit and Ended Up With a Box Full of Modules Worth Over Ten Times More; Talk About Crazy Luck

8 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

DRAM Shortage Will Cause 'Seismic Shift' in Smartphone Market, But Apple Will Be Less Affected

8 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

IDC: Worldwide smartphone market to decline more than ever in 2026 due to memory shortage driving up costs

8 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

Memory shortage could cause the biggest smartphone shipments dip in over a decade

8 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

RAM supply is so tight, Samsung may be charging Apple double

8 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

HP warns RAM now makes up 35% of the cost of building a PC

8 days / techspot

Apple Accepts Samsung’s 100% Price Increase on LPDDR5X Memory

8 days / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs

8 days / reddit / /u/jluizsouzadev

HP warns: RAM now costs 35% of a PC’s total build

8 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

HP says memory costs doubled in one quarter, now account for 35% of PC build materials

8 days / tomshardware

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 19801 / 13 stories in 8 days


Poland’s FlyFocus Raises €4.5M To Scale European-Made Drone Production

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - FlyFocus, a Warsaw-based defence technology company, has secured €4.5 million in funding. The round was led by ffVC, with participation from the NCBR Investment Fund, the VC arm of Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development. The company will us…

#vc #hardware #defensetech #business #aerospace #supplychain #europe #manufacturing #drone

€4.5M raised by FlyFocus to scale European drone production

8 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Poland’s FlyFocus Raises €4.5M To Scale European-Made Drone Production

8 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

FlyFocus Raises €4.5M in Funding

8 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Poland’s FlyFocus raises €4.5M to build European alternative to Chinese drones

8 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:22 am / permalink 19782 / 4 stories in 8 days


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