On September 19, 2026, the overseas media outlet *Economic Daily News* reported, citing remarks by Acer Chairman Chen Jun-sheng, that PC prices would peak in mid-2027 and could begin to fall in the second half of 2027 and beyond.
Memory Isn’t in Short Supply After All!? Acer Chairman’s Confidence
According to the report, Acer Chairman Chen Jun-sheng believes that there is currently no significant shortage of DDR4 and DDR5 memory and that, in fact, supply is very abundant. He also reportedly analyzed that, regarding CPUs, there is no serious shortage overall; rather, only certain mid- to low-end CPUs are in somewhat short supply.
Regarding memory in particular, semiconductor manufacturers are continuing to expand production capacity, and with mainland Chinese manufacturers in particular ramping up production, Chen Junsheng stated, “It is impossible for the memory shortage to continue until 2030.”
Regarding future PC prices, he predicts that due to persistently high component costs, prices will rise by about 5–20% in the fourth quarter of 2026 and peak in mid-2027. He added that prices may begin to decline in the second half of 2027 and beyond.
In the past, the CEO of major memory manufacturer SK Hynix stated that “the memory supply shortage will continue until the end of 2030,” indicating that even among major players, opinions differ regarding how long the memory shortage will last. In any case, there appears to be a consensus that prices for memory, SSDs, and PCs will continue to rise through 2027.
