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Data 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 Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] GMac@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Can we all buy cheap hardware when the bubble bursts and the billionaires decide not to pay the electricity bills for these ridiculous datacentres?

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Unlike with the GPU shortage, where the cryptomining gpus could be used by regular consumers, the datacenter ram and so on is not usable on personal computers. It is all going to be e-waste, and we will still have a shortage after the bubble burst.

[-] eli@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah and the e-waste centers will clean up the hardware and resell it.

It'll be a flood into the market. Supply and demand and all that.

[-] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

While it won't be usable by consumers, lots of businesses will happily scoop up a rack for their own servers. Not only will a ton of demand vanish, but a ton of supply appears at the same time.

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

is datacenter ram really not usable on personal PC's? I figured it was the same as consumer ram but with ECC features, but I haven't gone out of my way to try and buy any.

[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They're using the new SOCAMM standard, which current consumer hardware can't use.

It's a different physical interface.

Whether it will end up coming to consumer grade motherboards... 🤷‍♂️

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

man that sucks.

[-] morto@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Warning: spoiler

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