FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoRAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down14
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkRAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse.mashable.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoAnd all this is just because … AI demand.
minus-squareSunshineJogger@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoRather they grabbed a fancy reason to increase prices because of greed. The few big ram production companies likely had a chat and decided: “Hey, more money? Yea! More money! We like more money!”
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoBut of course they do, their shareholders wouldn’t like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNo, it’s actually not because of the AI demand. AI is a demand metric but not enough to cause the hikes we’re seeing and (as the manufacturers want us to) even preparing for.
And all this is just because … AI demand.
Rather they grabbed a fancy reason to increase prices because of greed.
The few big ram production companies likely had a chat and decided: “Hey, more money? Yea! More money! We like more money!”
But of course they do, their shareholders wouldn’t like it otherwise. Capitalism 101. 🤷
No, it’s actually not because of the AI demand. AI is a demand metric but not enough to cause the hikes we’re seeing and (as the manufacturers want us to) even preparing for.