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[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 3 points 29 minutes ago

It’ll still be embargoed.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 6 minutes ago

Sure, in 5 years.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

Everyone who isn't currently blocking the import and sale of Huawei hardware, anyway

[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 2 points 38 minutes ago

Hardware backdoor when?

[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 8 points 1 hour ago
[–] plyth@feddit.org 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

if they can build one production line they can also build two. Unless AI grows even further, many DRAM chips will end up in the consumer market.

[–] AshUchiha@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Almost with certainty, We've just heard from A-Data CEO that he expect RAM prices to stay high for at least another decade.
There is zero caution in the market, everybody is riding the AI wave, and when it collapses RAM and SSD prices and other hardware will too.
The question i not "if" but "when".

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

I find a crash unlikely because any reduction in AI drmand will immediately be taken by consumers. Long term the $/GB will go down but I doubt any reduction more than 50% of current prices which are up 400% from last year.

People will say "crash"like when housing "crashed" but it only meant people were paying 2x more than before the bubble instead of 4x more.