Your faith in free markets may be a bit misplaced. There's a long history of semiconductor shortages followed by markets being flooded due to lack of demand pre

Your faith in free markets may be a bit misplaced. There's a long history of semiconductor shortages followed by markets being flooded due to lack of demand predictability and the capital costs and lag time of scaling manufacturing. DRAM manufacturers have several times illegally colluded to avoid these circumstances (and thus maintain profit margin).