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2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out (www.ign.com)
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[–] 58 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

They aren't?

They are buying up capacity from manufacturers who are stopping production of DRAM and pivot to HBM which is more profitable. Abandoning DRAM which affects a lot more than just "consumer grade RAM"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    They're publicly traded companies. Their investor meetings point out that HBM is not more profitable.

    It is in theory more guaranteed profit because it's a smaller number of bigger contracts. But that's the gamble they're making.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    But isn’t it kind of a game of chicken then for the consumer markets? Whoever gambles the other way, can win in both volume and availability, being able to cut the others off market just by pricing, enabled by the prior two points, get brand points by the ladle while at it, and kind of become a staple of the consumer market. When the bubble pops and others return, the market isn’t the same and everyone else sits at a disadvantage?

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