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Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, which together control about 89% of the global DRAM market, are facing a class action lawsuit accusing them of coordinating production cuts and exiting older memory standards to artificially drive up prices during the ongoing memory crisis.

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Memory Crisis sounds like a PS1 JRPG that was released in japan and europe but not the us because publishers figured amerikans are too dumb for it

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an idiosyncratic third person shooter survival horror RPG where all of the computers in the office buildings turned into robot zombies and started attacking New York.

[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

The DRAM is the powerhouse of the GPU.

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It sounds like a Doctor Who story arc that spans several seasons

And for some reason we end up with an extra clone of one of the Doctors and the fandom starts calling him the Memory Crisis Doctor

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The allegations depend on the fact that desktop RAM chips are more profitable than the high bandwidth chips that AI requires. Yet all three have pivoted to focus production on those AI chips creating shortage of consumer chips. The fact that none of them have broken rank to make more profit is damning. Given that this is all in effort to help develop AI I'm willing to be the collusion was facilitated by external parties.

[–] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

I'm willing to be they collusion was facilitated by external parties.

pete

[–] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

also helps that these same companies all form a cartel like every 5 years just for the love of the game

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Competition is for chumps. Every exec training seminar values cooperation because its the real shit that works. Competition is something you preach to your sales reps.

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

It's a class action lawsuit filed in Northern California, this isn't going to go anywhere even though the accusation is objective fact.

[–] Moomoo_Milk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't doubt it. Wouldn't be the first time they did shady shit.