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Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 We haven't been complaining about RAM prices quite as much on the podcast

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]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/56a9ba45-32f7-4efe-9796-08fc7f600e2f/memory-prices-indefinitely-high-sk-hynix-says-shortage-continues-through-2030-pc-perspectiveRSS for NodeSun, 06 Sep 2026 13:09:09 GMTMon, 31 Aug 2026 05:55:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:42:03 GMT]]>i feel the pain.
yet i am cautiously optimistic .

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27588368https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27588368Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:42:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:07:37 GMT]]>Same, that's not a normal usage. Spending a lot of time on Lemmy/Reddit/HackerNews tech community might lead to believe running a local modal is normal but very few people do. When they do it's typically on GPUs or Mac precisely for their unified memory architecture... but it's not a normal setup even for gamers. Also typically it's to tinker locally and learn from than actually productivity. I'm repeating here, I'm not saying it's not an interesting use case for some, just not what most people do.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27578362https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27578362Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:07:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:21:22 GMT]]>Hosting an accurate AI locally typically takes 24GB of VRAM. Not having sufficient VRAM makes you reliant on remote models as a paid service. You pay many more times for tokens what you could pay for RAM just once for limitless tokens.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmus.org/comment/19469461https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmus.org/comment/19469461Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:21:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:02:49 GMT]]>Did a quick search and "Most games required more than 16GB RAM ONLY if the game was played at 4k or 8k resolution. Usually between 16-25GB RAM" https://laptopstudy.com/ram-usage-games/ so I would argue that's not a typical usage.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573795https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573795Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:28:02 GMT]]>They will once daddy tells them to.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573105https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573105Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:23:59 GMT]]>Uhm excuse me that's overcapacity. Europe has to ban CXMT products.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573026https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27573026Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:23:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:09:00 GMT]]>It just means I wasn't sure my example (4x games) was completely right

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/27894081https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/27894081Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:09:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:12:54 GMT]]>The fact that you wrote "some" perfectly illustrates my point, it's not normal. It doesn't mean those usages aren't important, just not typical.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27571697https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27571697Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:12:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:54:17 GMT]]>Initially sure, but same thing happened with solar and EVs too. Eventually they hit the export phase, and then everybody gets to enjoy the treats.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27569469https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27569469Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:54:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:53:24 GMT]]>People always find uses for computing power, and I expect running local AI models will only be getting more popular going forward. So, don't really see demand collapsing.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27569457https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27569457Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:53:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:26:39 GMT]]>Assuming they end up making it for export. The article makes it sound like other Chinese companies are already interested so they may be the primary customers

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/8651226https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/8651226Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:26:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:02:49 GMT]]>There are some games that require a lot of RAM, especially if recording while playing or something.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/27889790https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/27889790Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:27:30 GMT]]>It's bad, OK, I'm not trying to remove any blame or criticism for the situation.

That being said, what actual normal usage for a normal person (not a National Geographic 8K stereo 360 video editor or a developer compiling Firefox daily) needs a lot, say more than 16GBm of RAM?

Again I'm not trying to find a way to accept a bad situation, only to see which actual usages are in trouble because honestly I don't see any.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27567873https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27567873Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:27:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:03:52 GMT]]>I hope you're right, but I'm not holding my breath.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.my-box.dev/comment/927983https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.my-box.dev/comment/927983Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:03:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:27:59 GMT]]>On one hand it is an opportunity for CXMT to gain more market share. On the other when demand drops they will be left with excess capacity and that might discourage them from expanding.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27565618https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27565618Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:27:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:51:56 GMT]]>Except both CXMT is ramping up and at the same time datacenters buildouts are slowing. Supply is going up and demand is dropping. It's economics 101.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/comment/6930463https://citiverse.it/post/https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/comment/6930463Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:11:25 GMT]]>Sure they say it so that you buy memory now and don’t wait until the price becomes lower

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.org/comment/14738509https://citiverse.it/post/https://feddit.org/comment/14738509Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:11:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:20:58 GMT]]>I bet it's not going to be that indefinite, a year tops before CXMT ramps up RAM production https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-cxmt-makes-breakthrough-advanced-memory-chips-information-reports-2026-08-31/

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27564535https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.ml/comment/27564535Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:20:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:46:11 GMT]]>You should though.

Not only do they have an interest, they are also in control of that price. And any other supplier is exactly in the same boat. When supply is lower than demand, prices go up, it's economics 101.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.my-box.dev/comment/927957https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.my-box.dev/comment/927957Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:46:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:09:58 GMT]]>Go china go, you can do it! CXMT will rock you!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28565619https://citiverse.it/post/https://lemmy.zip/comment/28565619Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:27:13 GMT]]>Company that has a vested interest in keeping prices high says prices will remain high. Yeah, I'm not going to trust that source.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/comment/6924139https://citiverse.it/post/https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/comment/6924139Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:27:13 GMT