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hackerfootoday at 8:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

I was a RAM hoarder before this all started. I eagerly await a great flood of RAM when it’s all over.


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atmavatartoday at 8:41 PM

I wouldn't hold my breath.

This is more than simply having demand high enough that RAM flies off shelves faster than it can be produced, where a future lull in demand and/or increase in production resolves or even over-corrects for the problem. The AI craze has caused several companies (most notably Crucial) to abandon consumer RAM entirely. At minimum, I think we can expect it to take several years before RAM prices fall back out of the clouds, let alone come anywhere close to what they were before.

wao0uunotoday at 8:41 PM

Man I wish I was a disk and memory hoarder too. When (if) the bubble pops I'm gonna stockpile SSDs like crazy. Maybe even build myself a gaming PC.