▲ 453 ▼ HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago (2 children) Optical drives next I guess lol What's even going on anymore permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArfArfWoof@feddit.org 51 points 7 months ago (1 child) I read news of SATA SSDs spiking in price just a few hours ago. Gonna go to sleep now, expecting a spike in floppy disk prices when I wake up and punch cards tomorrow evening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (3 children) Didn't Samsung say that they weren't making consumer Sata ssds anymore? Jfc we really are going to the whole "you own nothing". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago Unless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually. HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) wasnt that MICRON? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago No I believe micron was RAM jskillz permalink fedilink source parent [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Enshittification, but on a massive scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago resulting in cheapflation, and shrinkflation eventually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArfArfWoof@feddit.org 51 points 7 months ago (1 child) I read news of SATA SSDs spiking in price just a few hours ago. Gonna go to sleep now, expecting a spike in floppy disk prices when I wake up and punch cards tomorrow evening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (3 children) Didn't Samsung say that they weren't making consumer Sata ssds anymore? Jfc we really are going to the whole "you own nothing". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago Unless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually. HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) wasnt that MICRON? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago No I believe micron was RAM jskillz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (3 children) Didn't Samsung say that they weren't making consumer Sata ssds anymore? Jfc we really are going to the whole "you own nothing". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago Unless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually. HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) wasnt that MICRON? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago No I believe micron was RAM jskillz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago Unless they use IP to prevent new producers from entering the market, there should be a response eventually. HDDs are precision machinery, of course, but not lost alien technology only old big companies can make. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) wasnt that MICRON? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago No I believe micron was RAM jskillz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago No I believe micron was RAM jskillz permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Enshittification, but on a massive scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago resulting in cheapflation, and shrinkflation eventually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago resulting in cheapflation, and shrinkflation eventually. permalink fedilink source parent