Motherboard shipments are going to see a sharp decrease in 2026 as PC component prices continue to rise, and consumer interest is at an all-time low.
PC component prices are at an all-time high. The worst-affected products are memory, graphics cards , and storage. Meanwhile, CPUs have also started to get more expensive as AI demand continues to get wilder each passing day. And it's not a matter of just rising prices; consumer hardware also sees wide-spread shortages.
