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The RAM crisis and the PC apocalypse
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Now we can add spinning rust to the list.
WD has announced it’s production for 2026 and into 2027 has been bought up and I expect that Seagate won’t be far behind.
And those two are pretty much the only game in to as brands like HGST and Toshiba are owned by WD.
WD has announced it’s production for 2026 and into 2027 has been bought up and I expect that Seagate won’t be far behind.
And those two are pretty much the only game in to as brands like HGST and Toshiba are owned by WD.
Wonderful.
I replace a NAS drive every year, and I need to make a backup of my NAS to a drive this year. Good times.
In 2024 I purchased two 32gig ram sticks for my laptop each was $95 I checked out the prices today..... EEK!!!!
$359 each
$359 each
we know - the whole basis is the massive increase in the price of ram.
Yes but the prices just keep climbing. Is there a limit?
One has to wonder if maybe there's a cheaper newer RAM technology that could offer a cost effective solution.
It’s the manufacturering process that’s the big cost not the actual memory technology e.g DDR5 vs DDR4.
Other than and capacity, I don’t know if there’s much difference between the actual dram modules on a DDR5 DIMM vs DDR4 DIMM.
Much of the work is also done by the memory controller. Once it was a feature of the now it’s on the cpu die.
So to go to another memory technology would also require a cpu redesign not to mention having similar performance or everything will take a step backwards.
So the on,y way to decrease the price is to increase production which means more manufacturers and more fabs .
But you need to be sure you’ll see and ROI for your multi-billion dollar expediture.
Plus the time to design, build and fit out the fab.
The ltt video on the kioxia plant in Japan is good guide to what’s invoked with building the sort of facility needed and there are probably a few others on YouTube (buy not a lot)
This sad situation provoked me into accelerating my plans with getting a new pc, my old one was bought in 2019 and the 2070 super inside it was struggling to keep up on top of other aging factors.
Got one with 32gb ddr5 ram, rtx 5080 and an i9-12-something processor. £2000 so that's going to take me at least 2 years to pay off but it was a need and if I delayed any longer that price would only go up at this rate.
I probably spent more than I would have done if I'd done this last year but I was waiting to build up my savings and mulling between a whole new machine and just installing new parts. I kept telling myself there'll always be computers...
Got one with 32gb ddr5 ram, rtx 5080 and an i9-12-something processor. £2000 so that's going to take me at least 2 years to pay off but it was a need and if I delayed any longer that price would only go up at this rate.
I probably spent more than I would have done if I'd done this last year but I was waiting to build up my savings and mulling between a whole new machine and just installing new parts. I kept telling myself there'll always be computers...
So, more factories, in other words. But part of the problem is that some of these manufacturers ceasing production making availability more expensive due to scarcity. Probably a stupid question, but is there such a thing as memory uniquely manufactured for servers compared to consumers? Or is it all the same thing? Because what we're seeing is AI data centers gobbling up all the available memory leaving regular consumers out in the lurch. Maybe there should be a way of regulating by having companies set aside a certain quota for AI use and another for consumer use.
I have to think that eventually it will sort itself out, that some manufacturer will see the need and start manufacturing. Heck, I read an article last week about how a Ford EV plant in Kentucky has had to pivot to manufacturing industrial batteries used in industrial-grade generators.
yes - registered error code correcting (ECC) RDIMMS.
Some consumer boards and CPU combinations can unregistered ECC but not many but RDIMMS are purely server.
so if/when the ai bubble pop all that ram is e-waste...
same with the gpu which have been optiimised for ai and using a propriety interface. can get adapter cards for HBM to PCIe but not that common.
storage is serial attached scsi for spinning rust and solid state is U.2 format. Again can be used in consumer hardware with adapters but again a hassle for consumers.
Ok, that's what I wanted to know. Thanks for the explanation.
Yeah, I assumed that was what was going on, but I'm a little out of my depth. Again though maybe they can compromise by using a quota system that allow both types to be made and not more before either quota is met.