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1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by MangoToupe »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #5
jsheard wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently OpenAI locked down 40% of the global DRAM supply for their Stargate project, which then caused everyone else to start panic-buying, and now we're here: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

I dont even get this trend, wouldnt OpenAI be buying ECC RAM only anyway? Who in their right mind runs this much infrastructure on NON ECC RAM??? Makes no sense to me. Same with GPUs they aren't buying your 5090s. Peoples perception is wild to me.

On the flipside, LLMs are so inconsistent you might argue ECC is a complete waste of money. But Open Ai wasting money is hardly anything new.

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by AviationAtom »

jsheard wrote: post #3
zbendefy wrote: post #2

What has changed now in the memory landscape/ai workload in the recent months compared to summer or spring?

Apparently OpenAI locked down 40% of the global DRAM supply for their Stargate project, which then caused everyone else to start panic-buying, and now we're here: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

That DDR5-4800 2x16GB price tend is crazy. It tripled from August/September until now.

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by m4rtink »

jsheard wrote: post #3
zbendefy wrote: post #2

What has changed now in the memory landscape/ai workload in the recent months compared to summer or spring?

Apparently OpenAI locked down 40% of the global DRAM supply for their Stargate project, which then caused everyone else to start panic-buying, and now we're here: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

What will happen once the bubble pops and OpenAI will not be able to pay for all the useless stuff they ordered ?

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by defrost »

m4rtink wrote: post #14
jsheard wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently OpenAI locked down 40% of the global DRAM supply for their Stargate project, which then caused everyone else to start panic-buying, and now we're here: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

What will happen once the bubble pops and OpenAI will not be able to pay for all the useless stuff they ordered ?

Ideally the consumer market gets flooded with surplus at cost or below server grade hardware flowing out in going out of business fire sales.

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by linguae »

It’s sad to see the one area of life that has long resisted inflation (computing) now succumb to inflationary forces. Other than emergency situations such as COVID-19, I’m used to seeing prices going down over time for computers and their components. It’s one of the rare bright spots when everything else is escalating in price, and now that’s disappearing.

Re: 1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises

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Post by MisterTea »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #5
jsheard wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently OpenAI locked down 40% of the global DRAM supply for their Stargate project, which then caused everyone else to start panic-buying, and now we're here: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/memory/

I dont even get this trend, wouldnt OpenAI be buying ECC RAM only anyway? Who in their right mind runs this much infrastructure on NON ECC RAM??? Makes no sense to me. Same with GPUs they aren't buying your 5090s. Peoples perception is wild to me.

ECC modules use the same chips as non ECC modules so it eats into the consumer market too.
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