inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoValve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.ca
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minus-squarecarmo55@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWho do you think is going to be buying DRAM at the current prices in 2027? Before the bubble, there used to be oversupply of DRAM leading to price fixing scandals, that’s what will eventually happen again.
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoProbably anyone who wants RAM. 2027 production is mostly already sold, the shortage isn’t going away until there’s more fabs. 2027 is more likely to see higher prices than lower.
minus-squarecarmo55@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoProduction being sold out doesn’t mean anything when there are no commercial entities left to actually pay the bill.
minus-squareminfapper@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoUnfortunately, we’re not going to get an over supply of DRAM once the bubble pops. Most of the current production is HBM, which is juuust architecturally different enough from DRAM to not be useful for desktop computers
minus-squarecarmo55@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI was under the impression that the underlying memory chips are the ones we have a shortage of, and HBM is just one way to package them?
Who do you think is going to be buying DRAM at the current prices in 2027?
Before the bubble, there used to be oversupply of DRAM leading to price fixing scandals, that’s what will eventually happen again.
Probably anyone who wants RAM. 2027 production is mostly already sold, the shortage isn’t going away until there’s more fabs. 2027 is more likely to see higher prices than lower.
Production being sold out doesn’t mean anything when there are no commercial entities left to actually pay the bill.
Unfortunately, we’re not going to get an over supply of DRAM once the bubble pops.
Most of the current production is HBM, which is juuust architecturally different enough from DRAM to not be useful for desktop computers
I was under the impression that the underlying memory chips are the ones we have a shortage of, and HBM is just one way to package them?