DDR4 and DDR5 prices are down on the spot market but only by a teeny, tiny amount
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/ram-spot-prices-are-down-by-5-percent-though-they-did-spike-by-well-over-2000-percent-this-past-year/
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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 137d
IMHO: the "AI" bubble should pop this year, thanks to Trump. As the strait of Hormuz is sending oil prices sky high, the USA being a fully fossil fuel dependent nation and data centres needing power more than anything else, should do the trick. Even though markets have not caught up to the reality, the long term consequences of the oil price shock will be massive.
TacoSocks@infosec.pub · -1 pts · 137d
I don't think data centers tend to run off of oil.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 12 pts · 137d
No but the power plants do.
TacoSocks@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 137d
The vast majority do not use oil. They use natural gas or coal.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
How do they get their RAM shipped to them from abroad?
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 137d
Time to buy the dip! Suck up what little ram there is!
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 137d
This video shows the reasons why the prices are staying almost the same. And the price will be down for RAM in about 2028. https://youtube.com/watch?v=2_6LNBYGT0A
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 137d
To the moon!
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 3 pts · 137d
Alice!
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 1 pts · 136d
I wish I had a stockpile of memory so I could just dump it on eBay for a super low price and try crashing the memory market. The thing is, I would need a crazy amount to even make people think twice.
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 136d
Not necessarily, just enough to make people do a panic sell and have it cascade. With the right misinformation, that can be achieved with smaller amounts than usual.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 1 pts · 136d
It may be considered a bear raid, a form of market manipulation. It probably would result in prosecution if I were to invest in or plan this.
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 136d
If they figure it out. You could always cover legal costs using Polymarket since apparently that's somehow legal. 2 birds 1 stone.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 2 pts · 136d
I'm not connected enough not to go down with everyone else using polymarket.