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I would absolutely love if some startup came up right now to manufacture and sell RAM at normal prices to everyone else and put Crucial et al out of business fo
by qurren 2mo ago
I would absolutely love if some startup came up right now to manufacture and sell RAM at normal prices to everyone else and put Crucial et al out of business for price-gouging everyone just because they can.
- Analemma_ 2mo agoDRAM fabs are multi-billion dollar investments which take years to come online. That's the whole reason we're in this situation, there is no quick fix available.
- hobojojo 2mo agoChina is making central decisions for its RAM makers (and who can complain now that the US isn't a legitimate free trade defender). I think their strategy could go in any direction to either get a small portion of still gouging or a large portion of a market with somewhat stale specs.
- matheusmoreira 2mo agoSurely the chinese are spinning up fabs as we speak?
- fhars 2mo agoDDR4, and from some comments I have seen around here of only marginally acceptable reliability. It may still take a few years if until they have all the production processes fully under control.
- georgefrowny 2mo agoI thought CXMT is selling DDR5 now?
- HDBaseT 2mo agoThey are, I have some in my system. They are fairly common in Australia.