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2026にせんにじゅうろくねん世界せかいてき不足ぶそく背景はいけいスマートパソコン価格かかく急騰きゅうとう業界ぎょうかい深刻しんこく影響えいきょう
2025-12-27 03:00:30
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2026にせんにじゅうろくねん世界せかいてき不足ぶそく背景はいけいスマートパソコン価格かかく急騰きゅうとう業界ぎょうかい深刻しんこく影響えいきょう
label.tran_page In 2026, smartphone and computer prices will skyrocket due to a global memory shortage, with a serious impact on the industry.
世界せかいてきチップ不足ふそく今後こんご1年間ねんかんスマートパソコン価格かかく大幅おおはば上昇じょうしょうみとお調査会社ちょうさがいしゃIDCしめ
label.tran_page Research firm IDC predicts that the prices of smartphones and computers will rise significantly over the next year due to a global memory chip shortage.
とく急速きゅうそく拡大かくだいあるAIデータセンターDRAM記憶装置しゅきおくそうちもち半導体はんどうたい需要増加じゅようぞうか市場しじょう全体ぜんたい供給不足きょうきゅうぶそく大手おおてメーカー在庫ざいこ確保かくほ苦慮くりょ
label.tran_page In particular, the increasing demand for DRAM (semiconductor memory used as main memory) due to rapidly expanding AI data centers is causing a supply shortage in the overall memory market, and even major memory manufacturers are having difficulty securing inventory.

IDC担当たんとうある状況じょうきょうかスマートPCメーカー新規しんきチップ供給きょうきゅうとどこおここ週間すうしゅうかんDRAM価格かかくいちじる高騰こうとう
label.tran_page According to Francisco Geronimo, vice president of client devices at IDC, this situation has disrupted the supply of new memory chips to smartphone and PC manufacturers, and DRAM prices have soared significantly in recent weeks.
そのとく利益りえきりつひく価格ていかかくたいちゅうかかくたいメーカー増加ぞうかぶん消費しょうひしゃ転嫁てんか状況じょうきょう
label.tran_page As a result, manufacturers in the low- and mid-price ranges, especially those with low profit margins, are forced into a situation where they have no choice but to pass on increased costs to consumers.

IDC悲観ひかんてきシナリオ2026ねんスマート平均価格へいきんかかく8上昇じょうしょう予測よそく利益りえきりつきび市場しじょうていかかくたいおおかかくじょうしょう指摘してき
label.tran_page IDC's ``pessimistic'' scenario predicts an 8% increase in average smartphone prices in 2026, but points out that even larger price increases are inevitable at the lower end of the market where profit margins are tight.

一方いっぽう大手企業おおてきぎょう長期ちょうきてき供給契約きょうきゅうけいやくゆう一定程度いっていていどこの混乱こんらん可能かのうせいたか完全かんぜん影響えいきょうまぬがIDC来年らいねん容量ようりょう16GB12GB減少げんしょうかのうせい示唆しさ
label.tran_page On the other hand, major companies like Apple and Samsung are likely to weather the disruption to some extent as they have long-term memory supply contracts, but they are not completely immune, with IDC suggesting that the memory capacity of next year's flagship models may be reduced from 16GB to 12GB.

また価格ていかかくたい中心ちゅうしんスマートメーカー端末たんまつ容量ようりょう削減さくげん状況じょうきょうおちいかんがおお主因しゅいん不足ふそくある対応たいおうあら問題もんだい懸念けねんぬぐ
label.tran_page Also, smartphone manufacturers, mainly in the low-priced range, may be forced to reduce the memory capacity of their devices, but Geronimo said, ``The main reason why many smartphones crash is due to a lack of memory and storage,'' and there are concerns that such measures will cause new problems.
くわOSアップたい一層いっそうたか要求ようきゅうなか状況じょうきょう悪化あっか
label.tran_page Additionally, as OS upgrades place higher demands on hardware, a worsening of the situation seems inevitable.


パソコンメーカー状況じょうきょう深刻しんこくある
label.tran_page For PC manufacturers, the situation is even more serious.
小規模しょうきぼPCメーカーなかこの危機ききききかんしめ企業きぎょうあらわ
label.tran_page According to Geronimo, some small brand PC manufacturers are expressing a sense of crisis, saying, ``I don't know if they will be able to overcome this crisis.''
IDC2026ねんかんもっと悲観ひかんてき予測よそくPC平均価格へいきんかかく8上昇じょうしょう出荷台数しゅっかだいすう前年ぜんねんひ9減少げんしょうみこ
label.tran_page IDC's most pessimistic forecast for 2026 predicts average PC prices to rise 8% and shipments to decline 9% year over year.
とくWindows 10終了しゅうりょうともな企業きぎょう更新こうしん検討けんとうタイミングこの不足ふそく発生はっせいPCメーカー最悪さいあく状況じょうきょう
label.tran_page In particular, this memory shortage has occurred at a time when companies are considering updating their hardware due to the end of support for Windows 10, which can be said to be the worst situation for PC manufacturers.

すでPC価格上昇かかくじょうしょう顧客こきゃく苦慮くりょ場合ばあい1520ねあよぎれいある
label.tran_page PC vendors are already struggling to get customers to accept price increases, and in some cases have been forced to raise prices by as much as 15% to 20%.


この不足ふそく危機きき短期間たんきかん解消かいしょうみこ
label.tran_page This memory shortage crisis is not expected to be resolved in the short term.
主要しゅようメーカーすで稼働状態かどうじょうたいあらせいさんせつびどうにゅうばくだいじかんうえAIぎょうかいじゅようこんごけいぞくふとうめいあるがわ規模だいきぼ投資とうし消極しょうきょくてき
label.tran_page Major manufacturers are already operating at full capacity, and introducing new production equipment requires enormous costs and time, and it is unclear whether demand from the AI industry will continue in the future, so manufacturers are forced to be reluctant to make large-scale investments.

長期ちょうきてき需要じゅようみこすうじゅうおく規模きぼ工場こうじょう新設しんせつ現状げんじょう実際じっさい消費しょうひしゃむ電子機器分野でんしききぶんや撤退てったい収益しゅうえきせいたかAIビジネス注力ちゅうりょくうご
label.tran_page The current situation is that unless long-term demand can be expected, it is difficult to build new factories and wafers worth billions of dollars, and there are actually moves to withdraw from the consumer electronics field and focus on the more profitable AI business.

この状況じょうきょうかんが今回こんかい不足ふそく業界ぎょうかいなが記憶きおく深刻しんこく危機ききなる可能かのうせいたか
label.tran_page Considering this situation, there is a high possibility that this memory shortage will become a serious crisis that will be remembered for a long time in the industry.