DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% as AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production
and expect another 40% rise later this year.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/ddr2-memory-prices-jump-up-to-60-percentOpen linkView original on piefed.social
Ddr2 is still being made?!
Oh shit, my random pile of legacy memory might be worth something? Still got some DDR and RDRAM laying around too.
I'm fairly certain I have a full tray of ddr3 gathering dust somewhere
Our time to shine
I knew this day would come!
Keep your ide and rca cables in good shape, because one day they will shine as well!
What in the actual hell is this? I thought that Google thing had cooled down the RAM spike
the thing with ram and AI is that these things are turned into ramdrives, even with ddr2 speeds, ramdrives could still be somewhat on par with modern ssd. Now that theres some AI models that could run on drives, the "economics" of hardware in relation to AI will remain painful for common folks who likes computers. fuck this shit tbh.
Instead of building data centers we need to be taking advantage of this insane demand...
Fuck billions for data centers, subsidize domestic chip/drive production and build up an infrastructure that can evolve as well into whatever the next generation is.
No matter what it is, it's obviously going to need a shit ton of hardware.
What the actual fuck. I would've expected most of that to be scrapped as e-waste by now.