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southrncomfortjm wrote:Is this somehow due to Ryzen launch? Or is there some other reason?
southrncomfortjm wrote:Is this somehow due to Ryzen launch? Or is there some other reason?
Aranarth wrote:southrncomfortjm wrote:Is this somehow due to Ryzen launch? Or is there some other reason?
Yup it is intel's fault!
Another grand conspiracy!
Kougar wrote:http://www.dramexchange.com/WeeklyResea ... /4546.html
southrncomfortjm wrote:Is this somehow due to Ryzen launch? Or is there some other reason?
peter007 wrote:DRAM industry (and prices) has always been pretty volatile. While the long-term trend in cost/byte has always been downward, month-to-month it bounces all over the place based on supply and demand.RAM prices will go up,but shouldn't it be the other way round??
synthtel2 wrote:$5 billion loss, and company is in danger of being delisted. They're trying to sell off pieces to prevent complete collapse.Toshiba failure?
Toshiba wrote:They made a large bet on nuclear power about a decade ago, by acquiring US reactor producer Westinghouse Electric. Then Fukushima happened, and the nuclear industry tanked. Sucks to be them.There are material events and conditions that raise substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern
just brew it! wrote:$5 billion loss, and company is in danger of being delisted. They're trying to sell off pieces to prevent complete collapse.
They made a large bet on nuclear power about a decade ago, by acquiring US reactor producer Westinghouse Electric. Then Fukushima happened, and the nuclear industry tanked. Sucks to be them.
Unfortunately this will have ripple effects far beyond the nuclear industry.
synthtel2 wrote:Huh, somehow I missed that news. That sounds problematic, yeah.
NovusBogus wrote:Toshiba going down in flames? Oh man, that is BAD. Aside from being one of the major DRAM/flash manufacturers, it'll wreck the hard drive market.
Pricing wise, meh. I had to pay $150 for my 16 gigs because the move to 64 bit happened during the great memory shortage of 2013, so I don't wanna hear no complainin' from you kids and your cheap $100 memory.
just brew it! wrote:You people and your bitchin' about $10/GB RAM...
Way back in the day, I paid $16/KB. Yup, kilobyte.
Now get off my lawn!
kvndoom wrote:Heh, my first RAM purchase was 4 megabytes for $180. It was so I could play DOOM without stuttering on my 486. Wow, 1993 dollars.