▲ 528 ▼ Chinese memory can now match the speed and latency configs of the RAM in our gaming PCs (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 day ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago (1 child) Canadian here ...what's a tariff? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 child) Canada–China trade war Might be worth doing a little research. Canada's never been shy about using them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* RAM has not come from China, and China isn't exporting much of it yet. Unless Canada and the EU and Japan and everyone else is also handing out tariffs on Taiwan, Korea, etc like the US is, their point was the price of RAM doesn't have anything to do with tariffs. The price of RAM is high globally because the AI companies have bought future-RAM with money the RAM producing companies gave them to build data centers that don't exist yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 child) Canada–China trade war Might be worth doing a little research. Canada's never been shy about using them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* RAM has not come from China, and China isn't exporting much of it yet. Unless Canada and the EU and Japan and everyone else is also handing out tariffs on Taiwan, Korea, etc like the US is, their point was the price of RAM doesn't have anything to do with tariffs. The price of RAM is high globally because the AI companies have bought future-RAM with money the RAM producing companies gave them to build data centers that don't exist yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* RAM has not come from China, and China isn't exporting much of it yet. Unless Canada and the EU and Japan and everyone else is also handing out tariffs on Taiwan, Korea, etc like the US is, their point was the price of RAM doesn't have anything to do with tariffs. The price of RAM is high globally because the AI companies have bought future-RAM with money the RAM producing companies gave them to build data centers that don't exist yet. permalink fedilink source parent