Don't buy a new work PC right now — memory crunch and price rises lead to global shipments falling for the…
- Analyst data shows global PC market contracted 3.6% during Q2 2026
- AI's insatiable demand for memory and other chips is rising costs across the board
- Prices could continue to rise as the market continues to shrink, analysts predict
All the latest data points to a worsening situation for PC makers in the coming years, with global PC shipments falling 4.9% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026 per IDC data, or down 3.6% per Canalys.
While the two differ on total volumes due to tracking differences, both firms agree the market is shrinking as a result of soaring memory prices and other cost increases.
Market researchers now broadly agree that AI-driven demand for memory chips could create shortages that continue for months, or even years, impacting the consumer device end of the market as data centers bid to pay over the odds for chips.
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