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Other people doing research etc. need GPUs. If rich people started to hoard all food or ffp masks, shops would intervene first (they did during the hoarding las
by kaldorf 5y ago
Other people doing research etc. need GPUs. If rich people started to hoard all food or ffp masks, shops would intervene first (they did during the hoarding last year) and the government would follow if that wouldn't help.
- mrkramer 5y agoI guess you are referring to the Tragedy of the Commons[0] but in the market efficient economy there should be enough producers(supply) to serve high aggregate demand. This action by NVIDIA only shows that GPU industry is highly concentrated and that more competition is needed. It seems like NVIDIA is a victim of its own success since it can not produce enough GPUs. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
- 988747 5y agoAnd if they simply raised prices and made huge profits, they could afford building their own fab, or at least outbidding other companies for TSMC/Samsung/whoever fab capacity...