Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief

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• inari@piefed.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only in the US

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  • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Making it even cheaper for the rest of the world!
    All this winning for the people in the US of A…
    …are they tired of it already?

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    • Rothe@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Chinese RAM production is mostly going to end up in Chinese AI datacenters, as per government mandate.

      In 2025, [Chinese] authorities introduced requirements that data centers obtain at least 50% of their chips from domestic manufacturers - and by November that year, state-funded projects reportedly faced additional restrictions that excluded foreign accelerators from facilities still under construction.

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      There is not going to be a Chinese RAMPocalypse relief either way.

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  • Ildsaye@hexbear.net ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And the eased demand for legacy brands abroad would still put downward pressure on prices in the US.

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• Th4tGuyII@fedia.io ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “The global memory shortage will likely require a whole-of-government approach to solve. The answer to high memory prices is not dependence on subsidized Chinese chips but expanded manufacturing capacity, which will lower costs for US companies and consumers for decades rather than months"

  If only there were a simple alternative to either scenario.
  It's not like lawmakers could go after the AI bros who's reservations of years worth of memory manufacturing is the sole reason for the shortage. That would be socialist /s.

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  • Rothe@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or the RAM manufacturers themselves who have formed a cartel and are deliberately doing this.

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  • huf@hexbear.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    unfortunately, a whole-government approach to build out productive capacity is also socialism somehow.

    looks like the only option left is to do nothing.

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• 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@piefed.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  More RAM for the rest of the world!

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  • rafoix@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Just another way the Trump administration will be making America much less competitive worldwide.

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  • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Should lower US prices too I’d imagine. If the Chinese RAM is cheaper then demand drops for US RAM globally.

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• OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s the point. Those AI companies that already bought 5 years worth of RAM production don’t want to see their investment devalued by an increase in supply.

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  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The rest of the world will have access to cheap Chinese RAM, so the AI companies investment will still be devalued.

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    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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• eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lol Congress really just turned over management to the AI Bros huh.

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• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would be nice if post titles could be less US-centric?

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• MrSulu@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In a world that relies on logic, we have this.

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• DucksInTrenchCoat@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s not that easy, China factory can’t pump out ram fast just because someone allowed it. They are physical limitations and technical risks to consider.

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    CXMT close to matching Micron’s memory capacity in 2026, research claims — would put China on track to become world’s second-largest DRAM producer

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