Overview
- Framework announced a live “Next Gen” product launch for April 21 on YouTube following Friday’s manifesto.
- In the post, founder Nirav Patel warned of “a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead” as access to compute shifts to metered AI services.
- Patel tied the strain to AI buildouts that moved shortages from GPUs in 2023–2025 to memory and storage in late 2025, with early signs of a server‑CPU squeeze and higher power demands this year.
- The company said the memory crunch already forced January price hikes for its desktops and mainboards, and it expects more increases in 2026 after only a brief stabilization.
- Framework framed the event as a pledge to keep making modular, repairable machines that users truly own, citing past repairability wins such as iFixit’s 10/10 score for the Framework 12 laptop.