themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down16cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkAn entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026www.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square55linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarecyberwolfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·18 hours ago It might be sooner, but that would mean the AI bubble popped. Unless the next insanity-driven hype cycle also relies on specific hardware components.
minus-squareag10n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoHBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff. On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI
Unless the next insanity-driven hype cycle also relies on specific hardware components.
HBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years
The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff.
On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI