• acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    maybe i’m naive, but if it’s so profitable to make RAM in the long-term, why wouldn’t competition emerge? I get not investing in the startup costs just for a bubble, but that’s not what we’re talking about here.

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      Capital/time intensive start up costs make it a barrier to entry. This is why the prices are so high. Supply is inelastic because the producers know this is a bubble. If they do the capital intensive thing and the bubble pops before realizing the additional capacity, they are left holding the bag.

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        Yes, that’s literally what I said about bubbles. The assertion in OP is that RAM pricing won’t go back to pre-bubble prices. If that is true, RAM manufacturing will be incredibly profitable post-AI-bubble and competition should emerge eventually.