So this is where all the zero interest money printed since 2008 will ultimately end up. In chips that won't be used and can't be resold, a giant dump of electronic waste.
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If only there were some kind of regulations or a regulatory body to prevent this kind of monopoly and abuse.
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There should be some anti... monopoly laws! Has anyone ever thought about it?
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This isn’t caused by a monopoly. Demand is unprecedented. Prices go up when there isn’t enough product to meet that demand. Customers bid the price up. Thankfully Samsun, SK hynix, Micron, and CXMT are building fabs as fast as they can.
The reason we don’t have higher production capacity is because a few years ago prices were in the toilet and manufacturers were losing money on DRAM. It’s a highly volatile industry so they need deep pockets to survive the dips.
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