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Valve Says The Companies Making RAM Give Them A Price And If They Say No, They ‘Never Talk To Us Again’ (kotaku.com)
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If that sounds a lot like a cartel, well, you wouldn't be the first person to point that out

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[–] 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

How long until valve makes their own ram?

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    They have nowhere near the scale for that. Also notice that companies that do make their own ram (Samsung) are looking at the same price pressures as everyone else because of the whole “market” thing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    yeah, you're right, it could be done, but with chip manufacturing it always takes 10 years to get the factories into production mode, and basically many chip manufacturers aren't confident enough yet that the memory shortage will still be a thing by then.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    It may sound unlikely, but valve is nowhere near the size of would need to be for that. Also the fabs that actually make the ram are owned by like 2-3 companies world wide. Everyone just rents time slots in those, booked many years in advance. It costs billions and takes many years to build more of those. The machines used in them are made by exactly one company world wide.

    Tldr: never

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