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ASUS Rumored To Enter DRAM Market Next Year To Tackle Memory Shortages (wccftech.com)
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[–] 65 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It doesn't make much sense, it's not like Asus have a fab capable of producing DDR5 chips ... So they'll still have to try and source the chips from micron or Samsung who have pre sold all their stock to trash AI trash companies.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The article states that the rumor would be Asus gets production lines up and running by end of Q2 of 2026 (typically that would be end of June for most companies).

    They do have experience in manufacturing already and RAM isn't as difficult to produce as say 14nm cpus.

    I do think it's an ambitious timeline though if the rumor is to be believed. The article does say to take it with a grain of salt.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    They do not have experience manufacturing chips and I do not think they are going to make a chip fab. The timeline is too short. Idk on the RAM is easier to make than CPU claim - it feels like it’s a different goal than CPU so node size comparison is less apt - but for a company that has no experience they’re not gonna shit out a fab in Q2 2026. The fab pros take years to build them.

    They do have the manufacturing ability to make DDR5 sticks, people can make them themselves right now - just get a PCB and the chips and put the BGA chips on! So Q2 2026 is fast but doable for their expertise there.

    Buuuut we come back to, they’ll need to get RAM chips from the remaining consumer suppliers - which you can’t right now cause some AI bro future bought all the chips with his future money he will surely get in the future.

    And so they won’t get any more than someone already in the market could get (Corsair, GSKILL, etc.). Thus, no change for the supply limit. TBH stupid to get into a market while it’s high; I don’t think they’ll be able to profit in time on the scalping prices before RAM prices crash when the AI money evaporates

    TLDR: rip gamerz

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Hypothetically, they could be placing orders for all the other chips needed in their other hardware, predicated on delivery on memory chips.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    There’s still no path for them to get RAM chips better than the already-established DDR5 makers. I don’t see how they’d have stronger leverage with Samsung, SK Hynix, or Micron than the regular RAM chip customers that already do business with the triopoly

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