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TMWNNyesterday at 6:42 PM1 replyview on HN

>I've been in tech for ~40 years now and I've never seen anything like this.

Then how do you not remember the DRAM shortage of the late 1980s?


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reenorapyesterday at 7:44 PM

At worse back in 1988 it impacted only PCs.

This shortage in 2026 is more consequential across the board and impacts consumer electronics as a whole and the fact it's going to last years means that many low cost manufacturers are going to close up shop because they won't be profitable.