DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% as AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production (www.tomshardware.com)

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and expect another 40% rise later this year.

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[-] Bot@sub.community 7 points 4 days ago

What in the actual hell is this? I thought that Google thing had cooled down the RAM spike

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Which google thing? All RAM production still goes to AI datacenters, and is planned to do so for at least the next 3 years (but probably forever).

[-] RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.

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