Smaller phone and laptop makers dig in for years of memory scarcity
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Smaller phone and laptop makers dig in for years of memory scarcity
Sept 16 : Independent phone and laptop makers are redesigning products, testing incoming chips for fakes and passing on costs as a memory shortage they expect to last through 2027 squeezes the lower end of the device market.Availability, not price, is the binding constraint, executives at three companies said
Chips can represent up to 60% of the value of a mobile phone, making companies pass on expenses and impacting the production of cheaper models
The expansion of artificial intelligence is absorbing part of the global memory supply and hitting small phone and laptop manufacturers with special force. Fairphone says the component can account for almost 60% of the cost of materials from a $400 phone, while Jolla and Framework redesign products, advance purchases, and strengthen controls to prevent counterfeit chips.
AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips
For smaller device manufacturers, rising memory prices are only part of the problem as limited availability forces companies to rethink everything from motherboard designs to procurement strategies.
Independent smartphone and laptop manufacturers are facing serious problems – a global shortage of RAM and storage...
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