"128GB DDR5 kits are fully ten times more expensive than the lowest price we’ve ever seen. In fact, the situation is so severe that hyperscale buyers have reportedly already locked in almost all of the global DRAM production capacity for 2027, handing over advance deposits to guarantee their supply of precious DRAM, which is now among the highest-value commodities in the world by weight; mainstream DRAM chips are worth over half as much per kilogram as solid gold."

There's going to be a lot of discount RAM, and discount data centers going begging when the AI bubble bursts.

The data centers, the increased electricity prices, and now more increased prices for smartphones & laptops….

And this all to chase AGI via a route (ever bigger LLMs), that there is no proof will get there. Meanwhile, if the US companies don't get AGI, the trillions investors have given them is money up in smoke. All their investor-funded achievements to date are available for free via Chinese Open-Source.

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[–] 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The production is redirected from ddr5 dimms to HBM that's integrated on a B200 platform. The only use if AI companies collapse is for home AI servers. But the watts would be too extreme for any but the dedicated home labber.

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  • [–] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    But imagine if they were dirt cheap

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago

    The issue is even if it gets to where they are giving those surplus AI servers away for free there is no way in physics they will ever be 'dirt cheap' to power, or to keep cool, and that limits their reusability by normal working-class humans. ( Free Great Dane puppies! Just never mind how much dog food you're going to be buying... )

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