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eris

*RAM prices go up for a bit*

"Well that's it, if you have a PC you'll never get to upgrade it again, PC building is done forever now, this is just how it's gonna be"

Why are people so quick to this assumption

Adzuki Bean XI

@zuki@snac.pinkro.se remote

the best way ive seen it explained is that

ai companies are buying ram thats yet to be produced to put in accelerator cards that are yet to be finalised to install inside datacenters that are yet to be built using profits that are yet to materialise

its all debt based in this area meaning once it comes crashing down someone is getting fucked and i suspect itll be the manufacturers so its entirely possible we might genuinely see a regression in consumer computer hardware

i dont think pc building is dead but we're definitely gonna plateau for a while

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eris

@eris@yourwalls.today remote

@zuki so what you're saying is we can get a bunch of RAM off the Chinese market for pennies soon

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Adzuki Bean XI

@zuki@snac.pinkro.se remote

i fucking hope chinese hardware finally catches up. i need allwinner and longsoon to kick the shit out of intel, highkey

intel can go bankrupt i dont care anymore. they deserve it. their current state of failure is self inflicted