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Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI
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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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Prices are never going to go down. Never in the history of ever has a capitalist reduced their prices after a “crisis” causes an extended period of higher prices. What might happen is that they don’t keep increasing prices for a while to allow consumer purchasing power to rise (basically you have to start earning more money).
Yep, especially because chip manufacturing has such a massive barrier to enter.