TechnologyPhoto: Deccan HeraldIndia's Smartphone Market Declines 20% Due to DRAM Price Surge
Since mid-2025, prices of DRAM and flash storage chipsets for smartphones have surged over 300%, causing India's smartphone market to decline by 20%, the steepest fall in a decade. The global shortage is driven by Big Tech firms like Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and OpenAI rapidly expanding generative AI data centers, securing large semiconductor deals and limiting chipset availability for smartphone makers.
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