According to CoinMeta, the surge in demand for AI computing power continues to drive up the prices of storage chips, and the pressure of rising upstream costs is beginning to be passed on to consumer electronics and hardware terminals. Recently, Amazon raised the prices of several hardware products. The best-selling entry-level Echo smart speaker increased from $49.99 to $79.99, a rise of about 60%, and the 16GB basic e-reader price rose from $109.99 to $149.99, an increase of about 36%. Prior to Amazon, technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Dell have also responded to rising storage costs by raising product prices and reducing the standard memory configuration of their hardware. Institutional IDC previously warned that global memory supply shortages could continue until 2027, and the industry expects storage chip prices to peak in 2028 before gradually declining.