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An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Looks like DDR6 is due in 2027, so DDR5 prices will start to fall in 2-3 years when all the AI bros move over to DDR6 instead.

It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.

Meanwhile, here I am on a PC that's less than two years old with DDR4 in it. Works fine for my needs.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped.

    Unless the next insanity-driven hype cycle also relies on specific hardware components.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    HBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years

    The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff.

    On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI

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