{"id":180622,"date":"2026-02-25T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:21:38","slug":"ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs\/","title":{"rendered":"RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In an illustration of the severity of the current <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung-and-other-memory-makers\/\">memory shortage<\/a>, HP Inc. CFO Karen Parkhill said that RAM has gone from accounting for \u201croughly 15 percent to 18 percent\u201d of HP PCs\u2019 bill of materials in its fiscal Q4 2025 to \u201croughly 35 percent\u201d for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Parkhill was speaking during HP\u2019s Q1 2026 earnings call, where the company said it expects the total addressable market for its Personal Systems business to decline by double digits this calendar year, as higher prices hurt customer demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen memory costs increase roughly 100 percent sequentially, and we do forecast that to further increase as we move into the fiscal year,\u201d Parkhill said, per a transcript of the call by <a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4874214-hp-inc-hpq-q1-2026-earnings-call-transcript\">Seeking Alpha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an illustration of the severity of the current memory shortage, HP Inc. 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