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1. PowerElectronix · 1790861141 · focus · HN ↗

   It'd be a shame if their two main sources of income (openai and anthropic) were to go bust...

   1. newsclues · 1790869973 · focus · HN ↗

      If AI companies have allocation of memory, can't they just sell the memory allocation if they are tight on cash?

      1. fragmede · 1790886501 · focus · HN ↗

         Well, but to who? And for pennies on the dollar, most likely. Also not all ram is made equal. HBM for AI cards isn't LPDDR5 in iPhones.

         1. newsclues · 1790906708 · focus · HN ↗

            HBM consumer GPUs.

            RAM production is easier to transfer same with flash

            But sell it to consumers, where there is pent up demand

            1. m4rtink · 1790953251 · focus · HN ↗

               Given that even small GPU repair companies in China can put GPU chips on new boards with double the original memory, I would not be surprised to see the same people selling HBM from scrapped AI data centers acting as RAM on adapter boards. ;-)

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