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Maybe you should actually look at the prices before complaining about the rapid decline cost of flash based memory.
by imtringued 1y ago
Maybe you should actually look at the prices before complaining about the rapid decline cost of flash based memory.
- metadat 1y agoI am pretty up to date on the prices, but I'm not sure I understand your comment. Are you able to clarify? For reference, here is a graph of storage prices over time. The observation is flash-based storage plateauing at a significantly higher baseline compared to magnetic. https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1emh1f4/oc_as_requested_pricegb_for_all_drives_over_the/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1emh1f4/oc... So it becomes a question of how long will the high baseline hang around with only a few scaled up manufacturers in existence? The top 4 supply the vast majority of the market from a handful of factories: Samsung, SK Hynix, Kioxia, Micron Building a new flash or memory factory is a hugely capital-intensive undertaking. Anyhow, thanks for your reply! Interested in any insights or points I'm missing.