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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 57 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

This article sucks... I think they felt the need to excuse AI lest they upset corporate masters

While it’s easy to point the finger at AI’s unquenchable memory thirst for the current crisis, it’s not the only reason.

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DRAM production hasn’t kept up with demand. Older memory types are being phased out, newer ones are steered toward higher margin customers, and consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens.

Production has not kept up with demand... demand being super charged by AI purchases

...newer ones are steered towards higher margin customers... again AI

consumer RAM is left exposed whenever supply tightens... because of AI

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You see, it's easy to blame AI data centers buying all the RAM - but that's only half the story! ~the~ ~other~ ~half~ ~of~ ~the~ ~story~ ~is~ ~manufacturers~ ~selling~ ~to~ ~these~ ~data~ ~centers~

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 16 hours ago

The LLM writing this feels almost sentient lol.