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Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective
pcper.com/2026/08/memory-prices-indefinitely-high-sk-hynix-says-shortage-continues-through-2030/
Replying to @themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Sure, as long as you don’t account for the AI bubble ever bursting. After that, memory will be cheap. We’ll be living in an economic hellscape, but the memory will be cheap.
Replying to @gedaliyah@lemmy.world
why would it be cheap, if people would buy it at 4x the normal price?
Replying to @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
The price is only high because of the artificial demand from all the data centers. Manufacturers are increasing production capacity to provide more supply. Once the bubble bursts, that demand will drop, but the production capacity will still be there. Supply and demand. Price will go down.
Replying to @gedaliyah@lemmy.world
I thought of the problem is they aren’t ramping up production because they think AI is a bubble
Replying to @madcaesar@lemmy.world
No, they are definitely ramping up production, just not nearly fast enough. Chip factories take longer to build than data centers.