{"id":237730,"date":"2026-06-26T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:01:08","slug":"apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple and Microsoft hike prices as AI crunches global memory chip supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/rci\/en\/news\/2264667\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply\">Apple and Microsoft hike prices as AI crunches global memory chip supply<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/rci\/en\/news\/2264667\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply\">https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/rci\/en\/news\/2264667\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-26 09:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"ici.radio-canada.ca\">ici.radio-canada.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple has begun to raise prices for its iPad, Mac, HomePod, and Apple TV set-top box due to unprecedented increases in component prices, driven by AI demand.<\/li>\n<li>The lack of supply in critical components like RAM, prioritized for AI data centres, has led to widespread price increases across consumer electronics, including Apple&#8217;s devices, gaming consoles (e.g., Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo), and Steam products.<\/li>\n<li>The price hike reflects the &#8220;true cost&#8221; of production as these supply chain issues continue, with industry experts expecting further pressure on supply and pricing throughout the year.<\/li>\n<li>The memory chip shortage is expected to persist at least through 2027, according to Micron, as AI-driven demand continues to outpace supply.<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturers are expanding production facilities in response to demand, which could lead to lower prices as supply catches up with demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple and Microsoft hike prices as AI crunches global memory chip supply https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/rci\/en\/news\/2264667\/apple-and-microsoft-hike-prices-as-ai-crunches-global-memory-chip-supply Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.radio-canada.ca\/q_auto,w_740\/v1\/ici-info\/16x9\/playstation-5-mince.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237732,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237730\/revisions\/237732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}