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minus-squarestevehobbes@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·10 months agoThey also drastically cut supply.
minus-squareDr. Dabbles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down16·10 months agoBy cut supply, you mean several fabs have suffered catastrophic losses and turned down production for nearly a year? Because that’s what happened. And yes, nobody makes products when there’s no demand for them. It’s the basics of how they turn the screws to buyers at all times.
minus-squarestevehobbes@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-210 months agoThey cut supply in like September. They were all fighting for market share still, largely driven by Samsung, hence the low prices. Server shipments were way down because everyone overbought in 2021/2022. The NAND market has always been an antitrust shit show.
They also drastically cut supply.
By cut supply, you mean several fabs have suffered catastrophic losses and turned down production for nearly a year? Because that’s what happened.
And yes, nobody makes products when there’s no demand for them. It’s the basics of how they turn the screws to buyers at all times.
They cut supply in like September. They were all fighting for market share still, largely driven by Samsung, hence the low prices.
Server shipments were way down because everyone overbought in 2021/2022.
The NAND market has always been an antitrust shit show.