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Automakers, Retailers Warn Memory-Chip Shortage Is Impacting Prices
The increasing need for memory chips to power artificial intelligence data centers could lead to dramatic price hikes in U.S. consumer goods and disrupt supply chains, groups representing automakers, retailers, electronic firms and others said on Wednesday. The groups said …
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According to Insurance Journal’s source item, Automakers, Retailers Warn Memory-Chip Shortage Is Impacting Prices, The increasing need for memory chips to power artificial intelligence data centers could lead to dramatic price hikes in U.S. consumer goods and disrupt supply chains, groups representing automakers, retailers, electronic firms and others said on Wednesday. The groups said …
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