Higher prices can't crimp server sales as AI drives demand
That was a 52 percent increase from the same period last year.The picture for servers therefore differs from that for laptops and desktops. There, unit shipments have fallen as buyers are discouraged by higher prices, driven by shortages of memory components. Yet higher prices have helped larger vendors sustain their revenue.
- ▪That was a 52 percent increase from the same period last year.The picture for servers therefore differs from that for laptops and desktops.
- ▪There, unit shipments have fallen as buyers are discouraged by higher prices, driven by shortages of memory components.
- ▪Yet higher prices have helped larger vendors sustain their revenue.
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