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RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs (arstechnica.com)

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[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 32 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The RAM suppliers would probably be thrilled to end those consumer contracts, they could allocate more to high paying AI.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

There's no guarantee that AI companies will need this amount of product indefinitely, while PC manufactures will always need RAM. Alienating them would be commercially foolish.

[–] droans@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That's exactly why they can alienate them. The PC manufacturers don't really have many vendors to choose from.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

For now. Would you risk a long-standing relationship with your most important customers for a temporary boost in income?

[–] droans@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be the first time. They got caught in a huge price-fixing scandal just about a decade back and nothing changed.

And again, where are the customers going to go? There's only so much capacity and no one's building new plants.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 hours ago

no one’s building new plants

so far

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Foolish in the long term, but quite effective in the short term.

I don't disagree, but it seems their priorities are not on long term stability.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 16 hours ago

They do this because everyone else allows them to. I think computer and device manufacturers have more leverage than RAM manufacturers if they join together. Yet they don't, because today's management class is vastly incompetent.

[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Agreed, which is stupid to put everything to AI but no consumer to use the goddamned AI 😮‍💨