So there’s three companies that make almost all the DRAM and they’re now all ramping down production of consumer RAM.
They’ve also done price fixing in the past.
I don’t think much math needs to be done.
Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN]
nagaram@startrek.website 4 days agoTL:DW;
Mr. Nexus still thinks its news that, under capitalism, production of luxury goods will always be sold to the highest bidder and not “the masses”
I didn’t watch it either. But its about Micron no longer selling consumer ram in favor of the AI industry customer.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
nagaram@startrek.website 4 days ago
I respect that Steve was able to control himself and only make a 25 minute video on this.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 days ago
You can only use so many “fucks” before a video is demonetized. Running any longer would have come up against that wall.
sefra1@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Thanks! So literally a nothing burger.
I hate YouTube clickbait.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Well I mean the 3 DRAM manufacturers that matter all made the decision to ramp down consumer RAM manufacturing. OpenAI alone is buying up 40% of all global DRAM production.
Given all the financial fuckery going on with OpenAI and the AI and hardware industries in general, I’m pretty sure this is intentional price fixing.
sefra1@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
So just another day in capitalist society. Nothing to write home about imo.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Just accepting how fucked things are does not advance change. Others being concerned about it benefits you, so I’m not sure what you’re complaining about.
termus@beehaw.org 4 days ago
Micron took millions in tax payer dollars from the CHIPS Act to build fabs. To then turn around and shut down their consumer market is kind of fucked. That’s a little more than a nothing burger.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Who tries to give a TL:DW for a video they didn’t even watch? So weird
nagaram@startrek.website 4 days ago
piefed.ca/comment/2532727
Oh wow, I got all the important parts didn’t I?
Crazy…
TehPers@beehaw.org 4 days ago
No, and your hostility is out of place. Do you have something against GN?