It’s not RPi’s fault that AI datacenters have bought up the entirety of the world’s RAM production for the next couple of years and drove prices through the roof. They have to buy RAM for their boards just like the rest of us.
When I built my last server, 64 GB of DDR5-6400 ECC RDIMM was $550, and even that was inflated since ~6 months earlier it was closer to $350. Last I checked, that exact same SKU is over $3000 now. 16 GB might not sound like a lot, but with RAM prices being what they are, that’s the vast majority of the RPi’s price at this point. Not buying an RPi at these prices won’t drive the prices back down when the manufacturer literally can’t build the boards for any less than that.
It’s not RPi’s fault that AI datacenters have bought up the entirety of the world’s RAM production for the next couple of years and drove prices through the roof. They have to buy RAM for their boards just like the rest of us.
When I built my last server, 64 GB of DDR5-6400 ECC RDIMM was $550, and even that was inflated since ~6 months earlier it was closer to $350. Last I checked, that exact same SKU is over $3000 now. 16 GB might not sound like a lot, but with RAM prices being what they are, that’s the vast majority of the RPi’s price at this point. Not buying an RPi at these prices won’t drive the prices back down when the manufacturer literally can’t build the boards for any less than that.