ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoWestern Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges aheadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkWestern Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges aheadwww.tweaktown.comardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·3 hours agoAre all these companies going to go bankrupt when the AI bubble pops and their products flood the market?
minus-squareKorkki@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 hour agoWe might dine well on used datacenter hard drives in the coming years.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 hours agoThey’d only go bankrupt if they were spending the capital to increase capacity and were left holding the bag. And nobody’s interested in doing that.
minus-squareStiggyman@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 hours agoIssue is that the production is for server gear not consumer. So it’s U2 and other connectors rather than SATA. Same goes for RAM it’s ECC and won’t work in normal consumer PCs (AMD has like unofficial support)
minus-squareturboSnail@piefed.europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 hours agoI guess I’ll have to buy one of those racks when the bubble pops. Just add an LED strip on the outside and a gaming GPU on the inside. Surely they support PCIe?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 hour agoSo that’s why consumer drives and ram are not affected by the price rise! /s
Are all these companies going to go bankrupt when the AI bubble pops and their products flood the market?
We might dine well on used datacenter hard drives in the coming years.
They’d only go bankrupt if they were spending the capital to increase capacity and were left holding the bag. And nobody’s interested in doing that.
Issue is that the production is for server gear not consumer. So it’s U2 and other connectors rather than SATA.
Same goes for RAM it’s ECC and won’t work in normal consumer PCs (AMD has like unofficial support)
I guess I’ll have to buy one of those racks when the bubble pops. Just add an LED strip on the outside and a gaming GPU on the inside. Surely they support PCIe?
So that’s why consumer drives and ram are not affected by the price rise! /s