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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wonder how long it will take the US to view RAM like they view oil and invade China?

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought they had their eyes on South Korea.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 1 week ago

¿Porque no los dos?

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That would officially be WW3, and it wouldn't go well for the US.

Pretty much the entire world either dislikes or outright hates the US right now, and that's not going to change anytime soon. There's far more positive sentiment towards China around the world than towards the US.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 points 1 week ago (8 children)

There is so much over investment in memory its going to be dirt cheap again in 2028

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

I eagerly await the 64GB mouse driver and the 5000PB home NAS for the discerning hoarder of the output of /dev/rnd

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

The Chinese government being much more fans of a directed market than of a totally unregulated one (neither of which is a Free Market by the way - that thing only exists when barriers to market entry are incredibly low, and it's not as if any Jack or Joe can set up their very own memory production cottage factory in their backyard, so it's not possible for there to be a Free Market in RAM under current technology), they'll probably make sure that RAM only ever leaves China as part of more complex products (i.e. computers, smartphones, tablets and so on) made in China, thus making also Made In China for those product lines be more competitive.

(In other words, want a gaming PC or smartphone with more memory - buy the whole thing from China or pay 10x more)

If properly managed this could boost quite a lot more digital electronics industries in China than merelly RAM.

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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And I‘m sure Chinese data centers are very happy about it.

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[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not great with hardware tbh.. will I soon be able to nab 64 or 128gb of ddr5 compatible with my American gaming pc?

[–] will@piefed.zip 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I doubt the US will allow it in without a heavy tariff

[–] incompetent@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

...until TACO Tuesday...

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Noice! Now gimme gimme

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
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