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Memory shortages are squeezing the margins of device and server makers

Higher prices for memory and storage chips, driven by AI demand, may be raising the cost of phones, computers and servers faster than their makers can pass it on.

AAPL DELL HPE HPQ QCOM

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Why it matters

Device and server makers buy memory at market prices, so the shortage that lifts memory makers' earnings can compress their margins or their unit sales.

Companies it touches

AAPL Apple Inc. Pressured −0.29% DELL Dell Technologies Inc. Pressured +1.14% HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Pressured +1.08% QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated Re-underwrite / risk Pressured +0.28%

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Would strengthen the claim

Device or server makers citing memory costs for lower margins or higher prices, shipment forecasts cut because of component costs, and contract memory prices still rising.

Would weaken the claim

Memory prices levelling off or falling, makers passing costs on without losing sales, and long-term supply agreements that fix prices.

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