• ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    6 hours ago

    Confused how Nvidia hasn’t just started making its own RAM at this point. They have the money to spin up the production.

    • how_we_burned@lemmy.zip
      1·
      4 minutes ago

      Also spinning up a new fab, even for RAM will take several years and major investment (billions).

      Ideally they should have begun planning back in 2022-2023 when LLMS first came to market.

      They’ve missed a huge opportunity to profit.

    • Cort@lemmy.world
      41·
      5 hours ago

      Same reason ram manufacturers aren’t building new production lines. Everyone knows this is a bubble, and when it pops the production from those extra facilities would be surplus and drive down the cost of RAM even further. They’re milking it for all it’s worth without investing any extra time or money.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    51·
    5 hours ago

    I don’t get it. Are hardware manufacturers that short sighted? This will blow over and when it does, good luck getting back the customers nyhat kept your lights on for the past decades

    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
      17·
      5 hours ago

      Are computers and phones going to stop needing RAM? Consumers are kind of a captive market as long as we want to keep computing.

      I find it much more likely the data giants will begin to redirect and push cloud subscription PCs - end consumers simply won’t have access to new memory when the dust settles.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
        1·
        2 hours ago

        But the companies building phones, cars, etc. need to look somewhere else too. And they won’t just switch back later.

    • cm0002@mander.xyzOP
      3·
      5 hours ago

      so I don’t have to connect to it.

      I actually thought of this before and besides making sure to maintain crossposting, I think for just image URLs it’s kind of draining of resources (however small but built up over time…) without any “reward” (engagement) with the actual post on their instance