{
  "id": 9376644,
  "title": "XMG cites component cost rises across the board as it hikes laptop prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/xmg-cites-component-cost-rises-across-the-board-as-it-hikes-laptop",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/memory/this-is-no-longer-just-about-ram-and-ssds-xmg-highlights-component-cost-rises-across-the-board-as-it-hikes-laptop-prices-and-nvidia-gpus-could-suffer-too"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "XMG has raised laptop prices due to soaring component costs, with DDR5 RAM now six times pricier than before the memory shortage. Micron has halted production of 2GB GDDR7 modules, and Nvidia's VRAM supplies could also face impact. This is part of a growing trend of rising laptop prices across the board, including PCAs, CPUs, graphics cards, and video memory.",
  "summary": "The RAM crisis is kicking up yet another gear as XMG hikes its laptop prices substantially.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}