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Chipflation hits consumers: AI boom creates memory chip shortage
AI infrastructure has created an acute shortage of memory chips, causing prices for smartphones and computers to skyrocket. New factories that could solve the problem are slow to materialize.
WHY IT MATTERS
AI infrastructure's competition for the same chip resources is now affecting ordinary consumers' purchasing power and hardware access far beyond the data center market.
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