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AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs (futurism.com)
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[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I wonder if its actually china's gallium/germanium/rare earth sanctions hitting. When the west runs out of materials, they can't produce any more ram.