You know what, I'd totally upgrade my AM4 workhorse with way more RAM if prices come down to a reasonable level.
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In still on AM4 and honestly see no reason to upgrade. I want more ram is all
Then... Why don't you just increase production of DDR5? Why DDR4? Why not go back to DDR3 then while we're at it?
This is so weird
Last line of the article:
"One of the key shortages right now is advanced packaging, which DDR5 requires with an integrated PMIC. DDR4, by comparison, is much simpler to package and sell, which should help keep prices from climbing into the DDR5 range."
I would assume that building new machines/infrastructure for ddr5 is difficult so instead you can use old machines to supplement.
AM4Life!!!!
Hello, all my machines use DDR3 exclusively and they still work fine, thank you.
Don't they need to use the same factory and materials to make DDR4 though?
Per the article, they will compete for wafer apace, but are actually simpler to produce, so hit one bottleneck instead of the two that ddr5 hits.
Although there is already DDR4 in the market, it’s also easier to produce, which would help elevate some of the bottlenecks in the current memory supply chain. One of the key shortages right now is advanced packaging, which DDR5 requires with an integrated PMIC. DDR4, by comparison, is much simpler to package and sell, which should help keep prices from climbing into the DDR5 range.
PSHHHHHT
And who’s to say DDR4 won’t get snapped up the same way?
It already is. This may make it better with the increase in volume.
Generational motherboards are here!
So what do we do with all the PCs that only support DDR5? Throw them away and get DDR4 ones?
Don’t get me wrong this is great news but wouldn’t it make more sense to allocate this production to more DDR5 instead as that is the future?
I think there still more active computers with ddr4 than with ddr5, most people dont havr the shiny thing
I bet the fact that people are clinging to DDR4-era stuff is partly to blame.
Like me: I have a bunch of ddr4 stuff because I buy on the Second market. I am part of the problem.
Last year I built a ddr4 machine. It was easier to source, a bit cheaper, and DDR5 solved zero problems for me.
People like me saw this coming a mile away and did the same damn thing which is why this is happening.