# PC component prices are at an all-time high.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-07 · Wccftech*

## Key points

- ASUS's motherboard shipments may fall below 10 million units, worse than during COVID-19 or the financial crisis.
- ASRock expects a 30%+ year-over-year drop in motherboard shipments to just 2.7 million units.
- Motherboard vendors are raising prices by 10-20% and reducing specs to offset increased material costs.
- AI server hardware is now the main revenue growth driver for ASUS, Gigabyte, and ASRock.
- NVIDIA's RTX 50 'SUPER' series is likely cancelled; RTX 60 GPUs are delayed.

**Companies:** ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock

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