it’s almost like there should be dedicated modules for each purpose, rather than the GPU being the one-stop-shop for high-demand computing.
I don’t understand. The GPU was created as a dedicated module. It just happened that the parallel tasks needed for rendering games could be used first for crypto and later LLM’s.
The problem is factory capacity. It doesn’t matter how you divide up the components based on purpose if one company prepays all factories to only make components for themselves.
$200 for 8TB back in 2022
$545 for the same damn drive now.
I’m actually glad I went a little crazy buying storage back then, sitting on 40TB locally, but I recoil at the thought of replacing any of them.
Friend of mine has an ssd fail. Amazon refused to replace and instead gave him a a refund. He only got half of what it now costs back. Insane.
I’m pretty sure $15/TB for HDDs was considered the standard not too many years ago
Edit: the last time I bought an HDD (2023) it was 20 TB for $280, so $14/TB.
I sort of know the feeling. I got some good memory and storage a few years ago.
Lmao calling it a “crisis” like it’s some natural phenomenon and not just ten assholes hoarding everything.
Thing is, I’d like to never buy memory from these three asshole companies ever again, but right now it looks like that’s an impossible proposition.
I looked at HDD prices last week for the first time in a few months. It legitimately fucked up my mental state for a few hours. They were charging the same for 2tb that I paid for 8 last time I bought them.
Imagine just throwing away your consumers like their trash.
What a business model…
Raspberry Pi foundation looks wistful
Who ever would have seen that coming? It’s almost like the poor decisions of dickheads made an important commodity prohibitively expensive.
Off topic as it is not gaming related:
I figured this was coming so I bought four System76 Meerkats with AMD processors, 4TB nvmes and 96GB of RAM. Each actively runs six to seven Win 11 VMs on ProxmoxVE, with many more on standby (each VM takes 128gb of disk space). Each VM runs large chunks of the client workloads that caused us to have to constantly upgrade our laptops. Now, by offloading the majority of the workload to these self-hosted virtual desktops (VDIs), we can extended the life of our “daily drivers” by years. My main PC is a 2019 Thinkpad andnat this rate, I might easily get another five years out of it (barring hardware failure). When we do need to replace, we no longer have to buy laptops with top tier specs.
Nice
AI won’t just kill you-- it’ll make sure you’re broke for a while first
I’ve got to say I do enjoy reading about the billionaire overlords eating their own in their pursuit to find profitability.
A lot of the DIY PC market is already under pressure. I worry that this will further strain the component makers (like cases and power supplies and such) and builders.
Off topic, but about the article: Are the articles getting shorter and shorter? The rest of the page has more content than the entire article body. I’ve seen some longer Lemmy replies. :D
I, for one, am happy to see an article where they simply get to the point and don’t unnecessarily fluff the word count.
I just wish the posts were not bloated otherwise too. Edit: But fair enough and good point. At least its to the point, which is definitely a plus point.
Hmm. The Ars Technica article from earlier wasn’t willing to lay the blame so wholly on memory prices. I wonder why this publication is.
