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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by im3w1l on Monday April 20, 2026 @01:29AM (#47830682)
Cornering the market with the intent to flip the goods is not quite the same as cornering the market because you actually want the goods and intend to use them yourself.
Re:The RAM shortage could last years by occamofsandwich on Monday April 20, 2026 @01:36AM (#47830726)
Right, the second was a conspiracy to form a monopoly.
Re:The RAM shortage could last years by xigoi on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:22AM (#47832340)
And it just so happens that many people will now have to use OpenAI’s products because they can’t get enough RAM to run a local LLM. What a coincidence.