Acer CEO says PC prices could fall by 2027, accuses rivals of milking the RAM shortage for profit
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In brief: CEOs of major memory manufacturers have made varying predictions of how long ongoing shortages will last, with Acer offering the most optimistic assessment. Accusing other companies of overshooting estimates to influence profit margins, Acer's CEO thinks the worst could pass by the end of next year.
Acer CEO Jason Chen recently told DigiTimes that PC price hikes related to RAM shortages might begin to reverse by late 2027. The statement counters earlier claims from other memory manufacturer CEOs that the situation would continue until at least 2030.
Since last year, explosive demand from AI data center construction has swallowed up supply and quintupled DRAM prices, pushing hardware makers to raise prices across any device that leans on large RAM pools.
PCs, smartphones, graphics cards, and game consoles have all felt the...
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