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DRAM And NAND Chip Makers Are Determined To Drive Up DDR5 And SSD Prices (hothardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Yup. They control the entire market and there's a decreasing number of fabs. They raise prices to ensure revenue doesn't drop and they can keep showing investors lines going up.

It's idiotic, and it's how the industry has worked for decades at this point. Just wait till people figure out the games played by fabs, substrate manufacturers, and component suppliers...