alt Hacker NewsFor older hacker news readers who have lived through multiple RAM price spikes - it has held true for decades so far. Making memory is one of the most vicious tech markets to compete in.
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jnovek • yesterday at 5:54 PM
The last one I remember was after the 2011 tsunami. I think things are worse these days because memory isn’t just a chip that you toss on a board anymore, it’s now frequently delivered in the same package as the CPU.
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SSDs have spiked too. The 5tb backup spinning rust drive I bought for CAD$150 in September 2024 now retails for CAD$260.