Laptops, Game Consoles, and Smartphones Much More Expensive Due to AI Data Centers

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A new laptop, a PlayStation 5, or a smartphone is considerably more expensive these days than it was a few months ago. This is because an important component has become significantly more expensive: the chip with RAM. These are being bought up en masse for AI data centers, leaving much less for the devices in electronics stores. "We were actually used to devices getting cheaper and cheaper," says Tomas Hochstenbach of tech site Tweakers, who fo…