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To take advantage they'd have to do some form of price fixing which in most places is a very big footgun. I honestly don't think they need to fix their prices,
by magic_hamster 2mo ago
To take advantage they'd have to do some form of price fixing which in most places is a very big footgun.
I honestly don't think they need to fix their prices, and it's possible that selling to consumers is a secondary market for them compared to datacenters, like Nvidia selling GPUs to gamers. We know that's not where the money is.
Seeing some companies actually exit the consumer market is evidence for this.
- imjonse 2mo agoIf it's a highly profitable footgun why not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing#2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing#202...
- mapontosevenths 2mo agoIf something is illegal, and the punishment is a fine, it's not illegal it just has a cost. Is it worth the cost? Yup.
- minraws 2mo agoJust to be clear the big Memory giants are famous for their price fixing historically speaking.
- wlesieutre 2mo ago> To take advantage they'd have to do some form of price fixing which in most places is a very big footgun. When parent commenter says "They have done this in the past after all" that's exactly what they're talking about. Micron, Samsung, Hyinx (prior to SK Group acquisition), and others all participated in RAM price fixing in the early 2000's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing