A rise in the need for computers and data centers to power AI is causing a massive shortage of RAM , driving memory prices sharply higher . Now, analyst firm IDC predicts that this will cause smartphone shipments to plummet by 12.9% this year, making it the biggest single-year dip in more than a decade. Hours after IDC published its report, another analyst firm, Counterpoint, made a similar prediction and said the market will dip by 12% this year. Earlier this year, IDC reported that