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burnteyesterday at 9:06 PM1 replyview on HN

You've answered the question! They're redirecting those chips to industrial use which makes desktop products more expensive and less available. Samsung is also extending DDR4 production, for example.


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Dylan16807yesterday at 9:11 PM

I thought you were listing a switch in production that would relieve the shortages after we wait a few months. Switching away from desktop memory makes the shortages worse. So why do you expect there to be a glut in 6 months?

If you meant glut of memory suitable for datacenter GPUs, I don't expect that nearly so soon. That market can absorb extra chips pretty easily unless we see a really harsh pop really soon.