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Prepare to pay for more expensive machines to pay for Apple's AI war we didn't ask for.

Prepare to pay for more expensive machines to pay for Apple's AI war we didn't ask for.

Have you ever wondered why all of a sudden the things we use every day are getting more expensive without flutes?

Tim Cook just said that the Apple price hike was inevitable, and it hit our wallet. The 16-inch MacBook Pro jumped $300, the 11-inch iPad Air rebounded to $749, or even the HomePod Mini was added $30.

The question is, who is the culprit of this?

The short answer is AI.

Now the tech world is experiencing the RAMageddon phenomenon. Major companies, both OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, have poured huge unforgettable money to buy memory chips into the AI Data Center. Chip factories have turned to manufacturing on the AI side because they have more profit. As a result, ordinary chips on our computers and mobile are in short supply and prices have jumped like crazy.

Not only did Apple hit, Xbox previously raised prices by nearly 25 percent, and mobile brands like Nothing had to cancel the launch.

Sounds like a market mechanic, right? Costs are expensive, but if you delve into the financial statements, Apple just slashed a four-quarter record. His profit per piece is already higher than its market competitors. It's estimated that the margin tooth went 30-40 percent and could break 47 percent in the iPhone 17 Pro.

So why would a profitable company not bear this cost? Why choose to push the burden on the consumer?

Scholars from Carnegie Mellon see this as not about losses, but about appeasing shareholders who want to see the graph grow bigger and bigger. Apple is now under intense pressure, slow exits on the AI battlefield, uncertainty from the preparation of John Ternus to become the new CEO, and no new projects.

So to keep investors convinced, Apple had to tell a fancy story that the company still cut huge profits despite the soaring cost of AI, and the people who will have to pay to make this story come true are us all.

AI wars may be moving the world forward, but today they're taking money out of your pocket to subsidize technologies you probably didn't even want to use in the first place.

# Apple # AI # RAMageddon # IT News # BigTech

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... Read moreประสบการณ์ส่วนตัวที่เคยเผชิญกับการขึ้นราคาสินค้า Apple ช่วงหลังๆ นี้ ทำให้เริ่มสนใจถึงสาเหตุเบื้องหลัง โดยเฉพาะเรื่องสงคราม AI ที่ส่งผลกระทบต่อราคาอย่างเห็นได้ชัด การต้องจ่ายเงินเพิ่มสำหรับ MacBook Pro หรือ iPad Air กลายเป็นเรื่องปกติในชีวิตประจำวัน ซึ่งทำให้ผมสงสัยว่าเหตุใดต้นทุนเทคโนโลยีสูงขึ้นขนาดนี้ ทั้งที่ Apple ดูเหมือนจะยังทำกำไรได้สูงมาก และไม่ใช่แค่ Apple เท่านั้น แต่หลายแบรนด์ก็เจอปัญหาคล้ายกัน เพราะราคาชิปหน่วยความจำที่จำเป็นสำหรับ AI Data Center ปรับตัวสูงขึ้นจนกระทบถึงสินค้าไอทีทั่วไป ในฐานะผู้ใช้งานทั่วไป ผมรู้สึกว่าเหตุการณ์นี้ไม่ใช่เพียงเรื่องการตลาดหรือกลไกอุปสงค์อุปทาน แต่เป็นภาพสะท้อนของการแข่งขันในวงการเทคโนโลยีขนาดใหญ่ ที่มีการแข่งขันสูงและต้องตอบสนองผู้ถือหุ้น ทำให้ภาระต้นทุนถูกโยนมายังผู้บริโภคมากขึ้น ยิ่งไปกว่านั้น การที่ AI กำลังพัฒนาอย่างรวดเร็วและกลายเป็นแรงขับเคลื่อนสำคัญในอนาคต ทำให้ผู้ผลิตต้องเร่งลงทุนในเทคโนโลยีนี้ แม้ว่าสิ่งที่เราได้รับอาจยังไม่ตรงกับความต้องการหรือประโยชน์ที่จับต้องได้ทันที ทำให้ผมตระหนักได้ว่า ในฐานะผู้บริโภค ต้องเข้าใจบริบทของตลาดและเทคโนโลยี เพื่อเลือกใช้สินค้าอย่างมีสติ และมองหาแบรนด์หรือผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ให้ความคุ้มค่าจริง ๆ รวมถึงติดตามข่าวสารเทคโนโลยีให้ทันกับความเปลี่ยนแปลงที่จะเกิดขึ้น ใครที่กำลังคิดจะซื้อของ Apple ตอนนี้ก็ควรวางแผนงบประมาณให้ดี เพราะสงคราม AI นี้ไม่ได้จบแค่วันนี้แน่นอน

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