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19 Jun 2026, 21:17 UTC · 2h ago
The Memory Boom Has Been a Gift to Micron. For Apple, It's Becoming a Problem.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that rising memory chip costs have become "unsustainable," making price increases for customers unavoidable. — Forcing price hikes in a shrinking smartphone market risks reducing demand and breaking Apple's long-term price stability.
-0.60TechInsights estimates memory and storage costs for a top-tier iPhone could rise from $50 in last year's model to $200 in this year's. — A 4x increase in a key component cost creates a significant headwind for hardware gross margins.
-0.50Apple's products gross margin fell to 38.7% in the fiscal second quarter of 2026, a decline partly attributed to higher memory costs. — Direct evidence of margin erosion proves the chip shortage is already impacting the bottom line.
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Memory and storage chip prices have approximately doubled over the past year due to AI data center demand. — Strong pricing power and windfalls for chip manufacturers like Micron.
+0.40New memory chip factories are not expected to ramp up production until 2027 at the earliest. — This indicates the supply-side constraint and cost pressure are structural and multi-year rather than transitory.
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The company is described as one of the biggest winners of the AI boom due to rising memory chip prices.
Rising memory costs are creating unsustainable headwinds, impacting gross margins and forcing potential price hikes.
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