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RAM prices expected to rise another 40-50% in Q3 2026 (www.techspot.com)
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[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 52 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Ram demand expected to drop another 40-50% in Q3?

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 38 points 14 hours ago

I still demand new RAM, but still caan't afford it

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you're going to measure demand in a way that makes sense for a demand vs supply formula, you must do it in a way that's independent of the price.

Prices are increasing because demand is high, and supply is not keeping up.

[–] neshura@bookwyr.me 16 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say demand is high I would say demand is glitched and infinite. The AI bubble has gotten to such a scale where all the existing parts are already sold but even further they have sold parts that don't even exist yet for datacenters which haven't even started construction yet in order to satisfy a projected demand curve the sales people dreamed up in order to somehow promise a slight profitability of this entire mess.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds more and more like planned economy rather than capitalism lol

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s all of the downsides of a planned economy without the upsides of having a fucking plan.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Planned profit

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough, I meant consumer demand as in not ai and data centers

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Also most consumer demand indirect. Few people buy RAM sticks but a lot of people buy laptops, tablets, smartphones, TVs, consoles, cars, fridges, toasters etc.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Thank God my toaster’s had 32GB DDR5 since 2024.