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2026-07-07
www.moomoo.com
2026-07-07
Moomoo
2026-07-06
digitimes.com
2026-07-06
Rising demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) continues to drive price increases across the upstream PCB materials supply chain.
2026-07-05
digitimes.com
2026-07-05
Surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers has driven shortages and sharp price increases for conventional memory, while microcontroller (MCU) suppliers have also begun passing higher costs on to customers. Apple raised prices for certain Mac and iPad models in late June, and market rumors suggest the upcoming iPhone 18 could see price increases of as much as 30%.
2026-07-03
tomshardware.com
2026-07-03
Anton Shilov
Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand.
2026-07-02
www.businessinsider.com
2026-07-02
Business Insider
2026-07-02
digitimes.com
2026-07-02
Memory suppliers are renegotiating high-bandwidth memory contracts, and PC brands say price increases may slow later this year. For global buyers, that relief could be short-lived, as supply-chain sources warn that shortages tied to artificial intelligence demand are likely to keep memory markets tight through 2027.
2026-06-30
digitimes.com
2026-06-30
Memory price inflation has emerged as one of the biggest challenges facing the consumer electronics industry, with Apple, Microsoft, and Nintendo all having signaled product price increases as widening supply-demand gaps continue to drive up memory costs.
2026-06-25
digitimes.com
2026-06-25
Rising demand for AI server builds is tightening the global supply of high-end MLCCs, driving steep price increases in China's electronics distribution market and exposing how quickly infrastructure demand can affect component costs worldwide. The rally underscores a structural mismatch that could keep pressure on buyers across technology supply chains for years, according to industry sources.
2026-06-24
tomshardware.com
2026-06-24
Jowi Morales
Valve engineers hinted that the nearly 45% price increase on the Steam Deck applied to the Steam Machine as well. This brings the estimated original price to under $750 for the base console.
2026-06-24
digitimes.com
2026-06-24
Reports of MediaTek price adjustments appear to confirm a broader pricing trend across Taiwan's IC design sector. Industry sources said many small and mid-sized chip suppliers have spent the past three months discussing potential price increases with customers, but MediaTek's move carries particular significance given its scale and market position.
2026-06-23
digitimes.com
2026-06-23
Taiwanese IC design leader MediaTek has sent a price hike letter to customers, signaling that the current wave of chip price increases is sweeping across the semiconductor market and that the era of chip inflation has arrived.
2026-06-23
digitimes.com
2026-06-23
Industrial gas manufacturer Nippon Sanso Holdings announced it will raise prices for all helium products in the Japanese market starting in July 2026, with an average price increase of more than 30%. Affected products include helium used in key applications such as semiconductor front-end process wafer cooling and medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment. The move is mainly driven by geo
2026-06-19
www.hardwarezone.com.sg
2026-06-19
HardwareZone Singapore
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Apple confirms price increases amid memory chip crunch
Apple has not revealed when the price hikes will take effect or how much more consumers will have to pay, but the September launch season could be the most likely starting point.
By Shawn Tan - 19 Jun 2026
The launch of the iPhone 18 Pro models in September could serve as Apple’s first opportunity to implement the price increases. Ph
2026-06-18
qz.com
2026-06-18
qz.com
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Apple $AAPL +0.70% CEO Tim Cook says the tech giant will raise prices on its products to offset surging memory and storage chip costs, saying price increases are "unavoidable."
"We're doing our
2026-06-18
tomshardware.com
2026-06-18
Anton Shilov
Apple's Tim Cook says that Apple can no longer 'shield' its customers from increased prices of DRAM and NAND memory.
2026-06-18
digitimes.com
2026-06-18
Taiyo Yuden is preparing to accelerate production of multilayer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, as AI servers and hyperscale data centers tighten supply across the global component market. But the Japanese supplier is resisting the kind of broad price increases now spreading through parts of the industry.
2026-06-18
digitimes.com
2026-06-18
Japanese capacitor manufacturer Nichicon has announced a broad price hike for aluminum electrolytic capacitors (e-cap), as order volumes for some products have exceeded the company's existing production capacity. The announcement comes amid another round of price increases in the passive components industry.
2026-06-17
digitimes.com
2026-06-17
Huawei has notified partners and channel distributors that it will raise end-customer prices across its Intelligent Collaboration product line from July 1 this year, as the AI computing buildout tightens chip and component supply across the global semiconductor chain. The move follows Lenovo's earlier price increase and underscores mounting cost pressure on enterprise devices.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com
2026-06-16
Global expansion in AI chips, advanced logic processes, and multilayer 3D NAND flash memory is driving demand for tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), a critical electronic specialty gas used in semiconductor manufacturing. Limited short-term supply additions and low industry inventories are widening the supply-demand gap, triggering a rapid price increase.
2026-06-15
digitimes.com
2026-06-15
INPAQ Technology, a unit of PSA Walsin Technology, reported that revenue and profit in the first quarter of 2026 fell year on year, citing a supply-demand imbalance in the memory market and sharp raw material price increases. The company said it expected a gradual recovery in the second half of 2026 as industry inventories normalized and new products and customers began contributing. INPAQ also ou