• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    5 hours ago

    Yes they are. Samsung and SK hynix are building 4 new fabs I’m Korea 1 in the US. Sandisk and kioxia are building extra capacity in Japan. Micron is building new fan in the US. Its nearly a trillion in investment for additional capacity. These are expected to hit the market in 2027 and 2028 with lag to backfill demand.

    Chinese ram will be good but not good enough to block it. Business will keep buying the high preformance stuff and consumers can have the cheap modules but they buy so little it won’t affect anything.

    • Bitswap@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      Exactly. Expected to hit the market in 2027 and 2028. This investment in fabs happened years ago. For example, Samsung invested in the Taylor fab (which should start production, a little early, late this year) back in 2021. Samsung KRW6 was announced this year, but thats a new technology, not new capacity. You cant build and turn on a fab in the short term.

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        1 hour ago

        Can we just appreciate how you first told him he’s wrong for suggesting memory will be cheap again in 2028.

        Only to immediately try to frame it as “memory won’t be cheap until 2028 so that proves my point!”

        Which is exactly what he said to begin with. Top notch. 👌