Open AI, Google? Sure. Everyone else? Not so much. I can absolutely blame them for being greedy sacks of shit who want to bilk anyone and everyone irrespective of how much damage it does.
It’s only natural that the buyer who orders the most volume gets the best price. So they certainly won’t charge Google and all more than others.
Just wait it out and stock up on components when they’re cheap and even subsidized by manufacturers. It’s times like now that enable this in the first place.
So, look at it this way. A 50% increase on just the SOC (not any of the other components) would be equivalent to something like an extra $20 on a $200 memory module.
So the average consumer will still buy it and pay $20 extra. But Open AI and the like are buying thousands. That $20 adds up. It adds up real fast. And that’s what companies like SanDisk are counting on.
The article does a poor job of explaining in real world money how much extra these components will cost and that’s part of the reason people are freaking out.
Open AI, Google? Sure. Everyone else? Not so much. I can absolutely blame them for being greedy sacks of shit who want to bilk anyone and everyone irrespective of how much damage it does.
It’s only natural that the buyer who orders the most volume gets the best price. So they certainly won’t charge Google and all more than others.
Just wait it out and stock up on components when they’re cheap and even subsidized by manufacturers. It’s times like now that enable this in the first place.
So, look at it this way. A 50% increase on just the SOC (not any of the other components) would be equivalent to something like an extra $20 on a $200 memory module.
So the average consumer will still buy it and pay $20 extra. But Open AI and the like are buying thousands. That $20 adds up. It adds up real fast. And that’s what companies like SanDisk are counting on.
The article does a poor job of explaining in real world money how much extra these components will cost and that’s part of the reason people are freaking out.