The cost of assembling personal computers will rise this year for the first time in six years because of shortages in some key components, industry analysts have forecast.
The cost of semiconductor components in computers has fallen by an average of 7.8 per cent a year since 2000, but are set to rise 2.8 per cent this year, according to data from Gartner, the research consultancy.
This is almost entirely attributable to a 23 per cent increase in the price of D-Ram memory chips. Those chips, which are needed in every computer, make up about 10 per cent of a PC's overall cost.
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