Som det ser ud lige nu, så suger AI-infrastruktur så mange komponenter til sig, at det er langt sværere, og derfor dyrere, at bygge helt almindelig forbrugerelektronik, fra computere til konsoller. Derfor har vi allerede set visse producenter hæve priserne, og det vil ske over hele linjen ifølge Asus.
WCCFTech har snakket med Sascha Krohn, Asus' Global Director of Technical Marketing, og hun siger at "alle" vil hæve priserne:
"I believe everybody's going to have to increase prices. I think everything that has memory chips in it and flash memory chips in it is going to go up in price to some degree. How much is going to vary, but everything is going to increase in price, like consoles, phones, tablets. I think that's just inevitable, and I think most people haven't realized it because we all saw the news that memory chips went up in price, but then you see, 'oh, but there's still really good deals on laptops and gaming consoles and everything, and it hasn't really changed all that much.' That's because it takes several months until that shockwave travels through the supply chain and hits all the manufacturers and hits all the retailers and e-tailers. So that is probably still going to happen."
Hun slår fast at det kan tage måneder for den egentlige stigning at tage fat, så mon ikke vi ser det her i løbet af foråret?