Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.
They don’t make RAM, there’s only a very few companies that actually make the chips that go into RAM. Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung basically make up the entire market and they’re not afraid to use that to their advantage.
This comment is absolutely true, Samsung made almost as much profit as NVIDIA last year, boosted by memory sales. Their margins also skyrocketed. Everyone knows what that means.
They don’t make RAM, there’s only a very few companies that actually make the chips that go into RAM. Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung basically make up the entire market and they’re not afraid to use that to their advantage.
They’ve been literally convicted of price fixing in the past as a cartel.
This comment is absolutely true, Samsung made almost as much profit as NVIDIA last year, boosted by memory sales. Their margins also skyrocketed. Everyone knows what that means.
Why tho? The structures of all forms of memory are not as dense as in CPUs (which can be charched nations for the high-density lithography devices).
If tech can’t be made on a national level, maybe we should look for alternative ways.