• androidul@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    the finger pointing shouldn’t be on the hyperscalers alone, it’s pure greed also from the manufacturers end because they have accepted backfill orders of such grade.

    Also these are manufactured in China mainly which don’t give a damn about regulations or have any protections for what we’re facing currently

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      3 days ago

      The problem is partially in capacity.

      The manufacturers COULD build more capacity, but if the demand drops suddenly they’d never recoup the costs.

      So they jack up the prices as long as someone is willing to buy.

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          Exactly. They know this demand will disappear. They know this bubble will burst. And it will do so probably before they even break ground on a new manufacturing facility, definitely before it is completed. These types of facilities don’t get built in a few months, they take years.

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      3 days ago

      RAM manufacturers have a long long history of artificially inflating prices. We really need more manufacturers, and there’s never been a better, more lucrative time.