allisonDec 3
you know i'd never stopped to consider how annoying tulip mania must have been for folks who just wanted to grow a few pretty flowers in their front garden https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/
After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers

Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand.

Ars Technica
Show threadGary HoustonDec 3
@aparrish I'm unclear why they can't just use some of the bubble money to build new RAM factories.
Show threadLukefromDC

@ghouston @aparrish Because those factories would be worthless by the time they were running. No way the AI bubble goes ten years without popping.

Also note that to build a new factory in some cases requires first building new factories to make the machines needed in the new factory,

For now, never overclock RAM and think twice about overclocking anything else if the RAM on your current board cannot be transferred to a currently sold new board and CPU.

Dec 4 at 5:39amWeb