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The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 47 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The plan is to continue making bank until the companies are done with them, then sell to consumers again without missing a beat.

Source: the GPU shortage we just went through.

Future source: the CPU shortage scheduled for 2026.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That's my point though they can't do that.

    The market isn't just going to wait around for them to get around to selling to consumers again. China is going to see an opening and they're going to manufacture their own chips and make bank. Then when the traditional manufacturer is getting their head out of their arses then realise there market share has vanished. All 100% their fault.

    They have decided to shoot themselves in the foot because someone's convinced them they won't ever need legs ever again.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    Eh, Chinese manufacturers are also desperately trying to catch up with AI hype. In any case, we'll see some new brands on the market, and it's not a bad thing, and I would not spend my time worrying about giant rich corporations.
    My actual worry is that once RAM prices go up, they won't go down for quite some time. If we get another bubble after AI bubble pops, the prices may not decrease at all.

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