Linus Tech Tips Discussion

 Why the RAMpocalypse needs to stop So you've heard about the new RAM shortage, known as the RAMpocalypse or RAMmageddon. and i've got a pretty good idea on how to solve it: So first off, we need to see what the root cause is, mainly it's because Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, the "Big Three" of RAM, decided that us peasants didn't deserve RAM and decided to give the RAM to AI companies instead, mainly shutting off supply lines for our standard consumer DDR4 and DDR5 all to chase AI profits by making High Bandwidth Memory. this is the root cause of the dreaded RAMpocalypse, the second cause is choking our supply of RAM, mainly by Micron killing Crucial. so it leads to a shortage or famine of RAM.  How we can solve this RAM crisis: 1. So when AI companies like Google or OpenAI buy this RAM for their datacenters, they need power to power these datacenters, this is where a major weakness shows, since datacenters need up to 200 Megawatts of power to power these datacenters. Local power plants are literally struggling to provide enough power for these datacenters while providing enough power for us peasants. this is where the "Dark First" bottleneck comes into play, literally most power plants are rejecting datacenter permits and they capped their maximum power limit to 50 Megawatts, it means they either have to find an independent power plant or they'd get their power lines shut off by the power company. AI companies literally can't power their own datacenters. so this is a point of weakness in this AI bubble 2. This RAM shortage traces back to the 2000s when Samsung and SK Hynix were found guilty of price-fixing RAM back in 2005, and forced to pay 731 million dollars in fines and executives literally went to federal prison, it looks like the past is repeating itself, we have evidence of the "Big Three" deliberately causing a famine, meaning besides pivoting all in on AI, they made the consumer supply very scarce, this violates and breaks consumer law, there's a massive lawsuit already going on about this, the Garciaguirre v. Samsung lawsuit, we have evidence of the Big Three causing artificial scarcity, like Micron dissolving Crucial. this breaks the law. and here's another shocker, AI companies bought RAM that they know caused a shortage, it means the AI companies are Co-Conspirators and can be sued because they bought massive amounts of RAM knowing it will cause a RAM crisis, if we all file lawsuits across the country, like not just one lawsuit, i'm talking hundreds if not thousands of lawsuits about this RAM shortage, their legal teams cannot be at all the lawsuits because they're built around one massive lawsuit, not dozens across the country. if we file lawsuits across the country and win each one of them, the RAM manufacturers will be forced to start producing RAM for us peasants again and AI companies will be forced to give b