Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 We haven't been complaining about RAM prices quite as much on the podcast
Yeah, and all that booked memory capacity is just numbers on a ledger. If or when the AI bubble goes bust, memory manufacturers will retool to making chips for other purposes, and hopefully memory will be more available.
The only problem is that prices might stay high because the same manufacturers have made projections and investments counting on Ai-bubble prices, so they’re gonna need to cushion their losses as much as possible.
True, I remember the gpu prices during crypto bubble, god they didn’t stabilize for a year after the crash even now memory is available only moor expensive meaning they’re again price gouging, I think back in 2018 something similar happened with some icce chip thing which sent memory prices up.
Yeah, and all that booked memory capacity is just numbers on a ledger. If or when the AI bubble goes bust, memory manufacturers will retool to making chips for other purposes, and hopefully memory will be more available.
The only problem is that prices might stay high because the same manufacturers have made projections and investments counting on Ai-bubble prices, so they’re gonna need to cushion their losses as much as possible.
They gotta sell something to someone at some point.
Yea but that doesn’t mean they’ll sell it vheap
True, I remember the gpu prices during crypto bubble, god they didn’t stabilize for a year after the crash even now memory is available only moor expensive meaning they’re again price gouging, I think back in 2018 something similar happened with some icce chip thing which sent memory prices up.