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Google AI Memory Breakthrough Allegedly Tanks Micron and RAM Stocks
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Google AI Memory Breakthrough Allegedly Tanks Micron and RAM Stocks

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A dark-mode social media post stating: 'RAM memory companies plummeted and are reporting million-dollar losses after Google's announcement of the creation of an AI algorithm that reduces memory usage by a factor of 6 and improves speed by a factor of 8. RAM prices are projected to go down.' Below are two images: left, a stock app screenshot for Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MU) showing 355.57 USD, down -86.14 (-19.50%) over the past 5 days, with a declining red chart from ~450 to ~350 between 24-26 Mar, plus stats (Open 370.02, High 374.25, Low 350.00, Mkt cap 400.99B, P/E 16.79); right, a photo of a white Micron office building with construction cranes behind it. The post plays on the market dynamic where an AI efficiency claim can vaporize hardware demand expectations overnight - and on developers' eternal hope that RAM might finally become affordable again amid AI-driven memory shortages

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Hardware AI ML IndustryTrends Hype Google FinTech

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Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick An algorithm that cuts memory usage 6x won't lower RAM prices - Electron apps will simply discover they can now open six windows
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    An algorithm that cuts memory usage 6x won't lower RAM prices - Electron apps will simply discover they can now open six windows

  2. Anonymous

    The market heard `free()` once and garbage-collected the entire memory sector.

  3. @SheepGod 4mo

    Yay we can finally order ram again then

    1. @SheepGod 4mo

      The protos will no longer starve

      1. @blue_bonsai 4mo

        The what

        1. @b7sum 4mo

          i think they're talking about protogens

  4. @nyxiereal 4mo

    YESSSSS

  5. @RaySollium99 4mo

    Context

    1. @Diav0los 4mo

      there is no source link, so it's likely fake news

      1. @RaySollium99 4mo

        Actually no it isn't. Look it up

  6. @RaySollium99 4mo

    Good news

  7. @nyxiereal 4mo

    JUST AFTER I GOT A KILLER DEAL ON DDR4 FUCK YEAH

    1. @DerKnerd 4mo

      Same for me, 64 GB DDR5 for 489 € was nice :D

      1. @nyxiereal 4mo

        I got 32GB ddr4 for 111EUR Converted from pln so it may not be accurate

        1. @DerKnerd 4mo

          Nice one

      2. @razv1el 4mo

        I nicked 64gb for 450€, eat your heart out 😎😎

        1. @DerKnerd 4mo

          U-DIMM or SO-DIMM?

          1. @razv1el 4mo

            Udimm

  8. @paranoidPhantom 4mo

    Yay faster inference

  9. @iganev 4mo

    pivoting away from the consumer market, how's that working out for ya, are ya winning son?

  10. @RaySollium99 4mo

    I'm not opening a browser on my fuckass A04e

    1. @M4lenov 4mo

      Wait til 2027 for your Motorola with GrapheneOS support

      1. @RaySollium99 4mo

        Not launching in Brazil cuz of Lei Felca

  11. 我が名はレギオン 4mo

    They just need to reduce production to increase prices

    1. @death_by_oom 4mo

      That's not as easy as you make it sound. They already commited to a certain rate of production. That means there are workers who would have to be let go to slow down, there are contracts for materials that would need to be broken and so on. That all takes time

      1. Ve 4mo

        They can just not sell what they produce tho and decrease production later

  12. @Starrunner91 4mo

    Lol they'll just keep the high prices and pocket the difference.

    1. _ 4mo

      That's unless it costs them more to store the excess ram than to drop the price

      1. @dancemetalhead 4mo

        Another well known trick to the market rescue: just destroy produced items.

  13. @blue_bonsai 4mo

    What's up with protogens and RAMs?

  14. @blue_bonsai 4mo

    Do they eat RAM?

    1. @b7sum 4mo

      yes

    2. @Daonifur 4mo

      Just like Google Chrome

  15. @Mikle_Bond 4mo

    Can someone enlighten me on the "Cisco moment" moment?

    1. @death_by_oom 4mo

      Cisco market cap in the dot-com bubble

  16. @luffitys 4mo

    Remember. Don't forgive micron for betraying the consumers.

    1. @chupasaurus 4mo

      First time?

  17. @Art3m_1502 4mo

    But if compare to older prices will it be losses?

  18. @blue_bonsai 4mo

    Cisco

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