by shkkmo 3 hours ago
> A presumably short-term price spike in RAM of all things is a non-issue. It is a luxury good that only a very small number of people care about
Um... What?
Pretty much every adult owns one or more items with DRAM chips in them and depends on businesses that use even more.
The supply crunch will effect a surprising spread of the economy given how ubiquitous computers are now.
Looking at delivery dates, the dram price blip could last over a year and the price blips further down could last even longer.
To add to your message.
Memory is everywhere. In computer, phones, fridges, TVs, cameras, toys, watches, all kinds of home and industrial appliances.
> The supply crunch will effect a surprising spread of the economy given how ubiquitous computers are now.
If the OpenAI-induced supply crunch causes the AI bubble to burst, I may drop dead from irony-poisoning.