ramageddon, n.Trivia

A ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Facebook Marketplace user swapped a 192GB DDR5 kit for an RTX 5070 Ti, though the RAM's list price had climbed to roughly three times the card's.

Crucial, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Micron's consumer memory brand, stopped shipping to individual shoppers as supply went to AI data centers.

Samsung, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠SK Hynix and Micron together make roughly 95% of the world's DRAM, so their shift toward AI customers moves the price of nearly every device.