▲ 537 ▼ RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later (gizmodo.com) submitted 6 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments :emo: 1
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 68 points 6 months ago (6 children) Then the prices will come back down, right? Right? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 50 points 6 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 months ago (2 children) All we can hope for is that the AI bubble bursts very suddenly, and the manufacturers/distributors are left with a huge amount of excess stock and production capacity that will oversaturate the market. DDR4 RAM prices did drop back down after a huge peak in 2018 caused by smartphones, although this is a much larger scale issue so who knows how it'll play out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The AI RAM is HBM. It's useless for a PC unless someone releases a desktop graphics card that uses it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago Vega and Radeon VII were a thing, but I doubt we'll see the like again considering they were basically panicked attempts by AMD to find something that worked. At least their efforts with Zen 1/2 took off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago By then a lot of other PC components manufacturers went bankrupt because they aren‘t selling anything when no one is buying new computers. We are likely experiencing the collapse of the home computer market as we know it. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 months ago (2 children) All we can hope for is that the AI bubble bursts very suddenly, and the manufacturers/distributors are left with a huge amount of excess stock and production capacity that will oversaturate the market. DDR4 RAM prices did drop back down after a huge peak in 2018 caused by smartphones, although this is a much larger scale issue so who knows how it'll play out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The AI RAM is HBM. It's useless for a PC unless someone releases a desktop graphics card that uses it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago Vega and Radeon VII were a thing, but I doubt we'll see the like again considering they were basically panicked attempts by AMD to find something that worked. At least their efforts with Zen 1/2 took off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago (1 child) The AI RAM is HBM. It's useless for a PC unless someone releases a desktop graphics card that uses it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago Vega and Radeon VII were a thing, but I doubt we'll see the like again considering they were basically panicked attempts by AMD to find something that worked. At least their efforts with Zen 1/2 took off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwitchingCheese@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago Vega and Radeon VII were a thing, but I doubt we'll see the like again considering they were basically panicked attempts by AMD to find something that worked. At least their efforts with Zen 1/2 took off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago By then a lot of other PC components manufacturers went bankrupt because they aren‘t selling anything when no one is buying new computers. We are likely experiencing the collapse of the home computer market as we know it. permalink fedilink source parent