AI chip race could end traditional personal computing, Framework warns

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Framework CEO Nirav Patel warns that the AI boom and a winner-takes-all scramble for RAM, SSDs and chips could raise costs and push consumers toward cloud-based, closed devices, effectively ending personal computing as we know it. Framework remains committed to upgradable, repairable laptops with local data control, and has announced a Next Gen Event for April 21, 2026 to push its hardware philosophy.
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