Chips Shortage to Raise Cost of PCs?

According to the Financial Times, a shortage of memory could result in higher PC prices. Yay! Just what we need in a bad economy...higher prices!

The cost of semiconductor components in computers has fallen by an average of 7.8 per cent a year since 2000, but is set to rise 2.8 per cent this year, according to data from Gartner, the research consultancy. This is almost entirely attributable to a 23 per cent increase in the price of D-Ram memory chips.

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