{"id":10952,"date":"2025-11-22T02:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/memory-chip-prices-surge-amid-strong-demand-from-the-ai-sector-analysts\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:39:57","slug":"memory-chip-prices-surge-amid-strong-demand-from-the-ai-sector-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/memory-chip-prices-surge-amid-strong-demand-from-the-ai-sector-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory chip prices surge amid strong demand from the AI sector: analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/21\/cd04d2ee-c287-49d7-9d88-baac277e9695_23d30e7f.jpg?itok=DP9zsmBt&amp;v=1763730412\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.4078947368421\">The steep rise in memory chip prices is expected to continue on the back of heightened demand from the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">artificial intelligence<\/span> industry, while average consumers are likely to pay more for a new <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">smartphone<\/span>, according to analysts.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Memory chip prices were forecast to increase 30 per cent in the fourth quarter this year and a further 20 per cent in 2026, following a 50 per cent surge year to date, Counterpoint Research said in a report on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.4570135746606\">The higher cost reflects the rapid shift in strategy for the major memory chipmakers, as they focus more on supplying large-capacity storage products for enterprises involved in AI projects and those running <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">data centres<\/span>.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">That has resulted in supplies of conventional memory products for consumer electronics being squeezed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">LPDDR4 chips, for example, are in tight supply. These synchronous dynamic random-access memory products, designed for high-speed performance with low power consumption, are widely used in certain servers and smartphones.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.6756756756757\">The price increase was expected to be turbocharged once US semiconductor giant <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Nvidia<\/span> started using LPDDR4 chips in its AI servers to lower power consumption, according to Counterpoint.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"12.469387755102\">The high demand for DDR4 and LPDDR4 chips had led to a severe shortage and relentless price escalation in China, a <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Shenzhen<\/span>-based agent of imported chips, who declined to be named, said on Friday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Memory chip prices surge amid strong demand from the AI sector: analysts<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The steep rise in memory chip prices is expected to continue on the back of heightened demand from the artificial intelligence industry, while average consumers are likely to pay more for a new smartphone, according to analysts. 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