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DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 108 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This version of the article misses important information from the original source Trend Force who issued a report on DDR4 prices which news sites have been quoting.

In addition to the supply constraints mentioned, the original report also cited Trump's tarrifs which alongside the manufacturing supply slump could cause panic buying in the US specifically. This is speculation but based on the possibility Trump could "issue new tariffs or restrictions related to production capacity against China. This, in turn, may trigger another round of panic buying,"

The original report was posted to twitter with "Tarriff fears may trigger further panic buying"

It's odd to talk about panic buying and not explain where that has come from. Also odd not to mention Trump's tariffs when that was a key part of the original report in June.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago

Panic buying == the republicans’ idea of economic stimulus

[–] danny801@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

tomshardware is known garbage reporting

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

I always take it as good clickbait. The articles never have good info, but the headlines are never outrageous IMO. Just kind of a "Tom's said X, let me do some research."