Bad news to anyone wanting to build or upgrade a PC in the future: Intel, one of the largest chip manufacturers in the world, is going to start “prioritizing” data centers more and won’t produce as many processors for consumers. It’s yet one more way AI hyperscalers are making it harder for PC gamers in 2026.
https://kotaku.com/intel-cpu-production-pivot-ai-data-centers-shortages-increase-price-ram-memory-pc-2000663095
npub19z…f0w53
2026-01-26 16:48:41 UTC
Author Public Key
npub19zv5ftcuxcrhwp978x9a52z8gcdarzpldq53w3wrajszj2gre4ss0f0w53Seen on
wss://relay.mostr.pubPublished at
2026-01-26 16:48:41 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "feb59585aeaaba133b5fb25124b5324458b0e102460f9c1207b59cb0dccfb3b2",
"pubkey": "289944af1c36077704be398bda2847461bd1883f68291745c3eca0292903cd61",
"created_at": 1769446121,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://electricrequiem.com/notes/ahyyuibbbz5yn8x7",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "Bad news to anyone wanting to build or upgrade a PC in the future: Intel, one of the largest chip manufacturers in the world, is going to start “prioritizing” data centers more and won’t produce as many processors for consumers. It’s yet one more way AI hyperscalers are making it harder for PC gamers in 2026.\n\nhttps://kotaku.com/intel-cpu-production-pivot-ai-data-centers-shortages-increase-price-ram-memory-pc-2000663095",
"sig": "df0ec77adee8fa4870331104232df03b2c3eaffbb8e7ef31d09af1a7ed3c838c8d09a8ac75df8afe62db9ad1f7d0525c43b6f11abba03c15147d272671391473"
}