filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoData centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1695 cross-posted to: hardware@programming.devhardware@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM? I’ll just take your best guess.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agothere will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes
So when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM?
I’ll just take your best guess.
there will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes