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vduprastoday at 12:30 PM7 repliesview on HN

Silver lining: can you imagine how dirt cheap RAM will be after that bubble has popped? Oh my...


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Ekarostoday at 1:29 PM

It won't. Demand is being pushed forward. That means that longer this situation take longer it will take for prices to recover to same levels.

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maxboonetoday at 12:36 PM

RAM producers aren't adding more capacity on the non-HBM side of things, so we shouldn't see a dramatic drop in pricing if AI HBM memory demand drops.

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gck1today at 12:55 PM

No manufacturer is increasing supply though. RAM, SSD, HDD - they just reallocated their existing supply to AI.

agoodusername63today at 3:54 PM

Your home systems can slot in HBM? Doubt that.

poszlemtoday at 1:14 PM

This is a simplistic view of why the prices are the way they are.