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An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it's expected to get worse into 2026 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

HBM is what’s used for enterprise AI hardware, and not at all used in the consumer space, at least in recent years

The problem is you need RAM for the OS/General Purpose parts which share the same manufacturing lines as consumer stuff.

On top of all of this, memory companies just aren’t going to prioritize consumers when billions of dollars are coming from Enterprise AI