TigerAce comments on 32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building

Definitely, but they also won't miss the opportunity to become a major actor in the industry globally. Contrary to the US, they have in the past decade made a lot of moves to establish their influence globally.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What if they decide to just keep their rare earth metals for themselves and control the entire market?

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

They already announced they are mass producing RAM and are going to export. So the market is going to be flooded.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm saying they could corner the market on components they can manufacture by banning export of the raw resources they control. Threatening rare earth metal exports was how they got Trump to heel.

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[–] phx@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Sinking the market for all the hardware hoarders is a good counter too. I'm fairly convinced that this move isn't just about AI, but consolidation of resources into Cloud services that lets them squeeze out competitors and force consumers and businesses alike into a perpetual-rent model. AI is just a convenient way to allocate the money to corner the market

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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Any day now ™

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