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Maybe that's the real cause to the global chip shortage. Some AI is diverting the orders to some Frankenstein warehouse somewhere until it can calculate how to
by redisman 6y ago
Maybe that's the real cause to the global chip shortage. Some AI is diverting the orders to some Frankenstein warehouse somewhere until it can calculate how to terminate all humans.
- _carbyau_ 6y agoMaking paperclips from them!
- db48x 6y agoAs I understand it, there is no chip shortage. Some customers decreased their orders a year or so back for some reason, and the fabs simply sold the manufacturing time to others. Meanwhile, their sales did not decline as expected. But I suppose that’s not as exciting as a rogue AI.
- redisman 6y agoAt least on the high end the fab process is fully booked and can't keep up with demand. A new generation of CPUs, GPUs and consoles couldn't be handled and they've been out of stock since October/November. I'm sure Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Sony wouldn't give up their bookings just ahead of releasing a new generational product line.
- db48x 6y agoRight, but demand for those products is exceptionally high, for some strange reason. If that high demand had been predictable two years ago, there would be no problem.