What if the RAM/GPU shortage is deliberate?

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jmholla•about 2 hours ago

From the opposite angle, there's apparently evidence that the RAM companies themselves are price fixing: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/samsung-sk-hynix-...

Klonoar•15 minutes ago

The existence of a lawsuit is not evidence.

xyzsparetimexyz•about 3 hours ago

So you're arguing that ai companies overbought memory to increase scarcity? Possibly even buying e.g. consumer ddr?

theoneone•about 2 hours ago

just a theory! The end result was too make it difficult for me and you to run llms on our systems, and you need porwerfull system to run them. But some months ago, those powerfull systems where affordable for end consumers. Now, good luck buying let's say 128gb ddr5.

MildlySerious•6 minutes ago

Do you believe this is more likely than corporations trying to restrict the supply for their corporate competitors? My thinking would be that we're just caught in the crossfire. The percentage of people seriously running their own models locally would hardly be any less diminishing if hardware prices were at their previous levels.

theoneone•about 8 hours ago

Some personal thoughts on the current ram/GPU shortage -price hikes.

What if the RAM/GPU shortage is deliberate?

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