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Is this a shortage of every type of RAM simultaneously?
by hyperhello 10mo ago
Is this a shortage of every type of RAM simultaneously?
- internetter 10mo agoEssentially yes, not necessarily equivalently but every type has increased substantially
- jsheard 10mo agoEvery type of DRAM is ultimately made at the same fabs, so if one type is suddenly in high demand then the supply of everything else is going to suffer.
- bee_rider 10mo agoWait, really? For CPUs each generation needs basically a whole new fab, I thought… are they more able to incrementally upgrade RAM fabs somehow?
- selectodude 10mo agoThe old equipment is mothballed because china is the only buyer and nobody wants to do anything that the Trump admin will at some point decide is tariff-worthy. So it all sits.
- mixermachine 10mo agoNot quickly but if somebody puts enough money on the table, the fabs change too. All about cost and return. Micron just axed their brand crucial (end customer RAM and SSD) because they will only sell to database centers from now on. Crazy times.