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“The shortage stems from a lack of wafer capacity, and securing additional wafers takes at least four to five years,” he said. “We expect the industry-wide supply shortfall to persist at over 20 percent through 2030.”

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 27 minutes ago

Especially now that helium supply has been cut by 30% by US-Israel.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

The ram cartel has decided that it is profitable to keep supply artificially limited.

They've definitely never done that before.

[–] RiQuY@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously they want to believe that this isn't going to end soon to get you buy RAM at the current shitty prices.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Counter offer: I use my very old PC for several more years and pray it doesn't die before this stupid bubble pops.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 7 points 1 hour ago

I bought some extra RAM about a year ago, not because I needed it but because it was cheap and I figured I might as well fill up the open slot.

Damn, I got lucky!

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

That's ok. My wife didn't allow me to upgrade my computer anyways. Says she'd rather have me touch grass than get a better gaming comp.

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