What do you think needs to be done to bring RAM prices back to sanity?

Hi, even if there is a decline in the use of AI to generate photos and videos (which is unlikely at all), RAM prices will not fall soon anyway. It will most likely take longer than I expected (I wrote an article where I indicated that it would take six months and it was 3-4 months ago), apparently the real price drop will occur only with the release of a new type of DDR6 RAM. Maybe there are other options in which the price will fall, for example, if RAM production becomes insanely cheap and it can be produced to double the current amount. It seems to me that in the near future they will release RAM separately for AI and separately for ordinary users (gamers and DC), and then prices will vary, but it is unlikely that they will fall to the level they were at.
 
Mivocloud said:
Hi, even if there is a decline in the use of AI to generate photos and videos (which is unlikely at all), RAM prices will not fall soon anyway. It will most likely take longer than I expected (I wrote an article where I indicated that it would take six months and it was 3-4 months ago), apparently the real price drop will occur only with the release of a new type of DDR6 RAM. Maybe there are other options in which the price will fall, for example, if RAM production becomes insanely cheap and it can be produced to double the current amount. It seems to me that in the near future they will release RAM separately for AI and separately for ordinary users (gamers and DC), and then prices will vary, but it is unlikely that they will fall to the level they were at.
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You're right that there are many factors to account for. It's funny that DC and hosting is in the "ordinary users" category, even though we are the ones keeping demand and prices high. I wonder when the manufacturers will account for that.
 
There are many things that need to happen before that happens. Right now, a small number of companies dominate memory chip production (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron). When demand spikes but supply can’t keep up, prices rise. Therefore limiting the sale and providers of RAM memory. Hence there are few companies that control the market. For prices to come down there needs to be enough supply of it. At the same time open all markets to have a healthy competition for RAM memory.
 
ITivan80 said:
There are many things that need to happen before that happens. Right now, a small number of companies dominate memory chip production (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron). When demand spikes but supply can’t keep up, prices rise. Therefore limiting the sale and providers of RAM memory. Hence there are few companies that control the market. For prices to come down there needs to be enough supply of it. At the same time open all markets to have a healthy competition for RAM memory.
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Exactly. Competition is the only real 'cure' for the prices we're seeing right now, but the barrier to entry for making high-end RAM is massive.
 
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