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[pgde 571]

See https://www.tomshardware.com/news/silicon-chip-equipment-supply-shortage

[stans 703]

Or will it ever end?

[Chock 17,769]

What's even worse news, is the writing on that article you linked to; the grammar is atrocious. 🤣

[Jude Bradley 659]

It reads like a bad Douglas Adams novel. 

 

[TheFamilyMan 280]

In the last few days both Linus and JayzTwoCents have put out videos that the market for most things silicon, and especially gcards, won't normalize until a year from now.  Right now industry is in a perfect storm due to multiple factors, one which is highly exasperating is that crypto mining is paying top-dollar to strip the market dry.  Things have gotten so bad that GM has stopped production of some models of their cars mainly because they cannot get the computer chips needed for them.

I have plans to get a 3080 ti when it releases, though I imagine I'll have a 2 second window to buy one the moment it goes for sale.  But I bet that straight away it'll go for around $1,200 US; if so I guess my gtx 1070 gotta last me another a year (gee, that'll make it 6 years old).

[pgde 571]

And the accident in the Suez Canal will impact availability also 😞

[Emerson67 248]

 

[stans 703]

No end in sight and more paper launches of new cards. 😞

[Emerson67 248]

"Micron has issued a warning that DRAM memory prices will be increasing soon due to strong demand in the consumer market and data centers and the cloud."

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/micron-warns-that-the-price-of-tour-pc-dram-memory-will-soon-rise.html

[Emerson67 248]

A new kind of plague on us!

Storage-hungry cryptocurrency mining!

"The Chia Network utilizes a consensus algorithm called “Proof of Space and Time.” A Chia farmer’s possible yield is directly proportional to their amount of storage space. If you want to earn higher profits today, you need to have more hard drive space."

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/teamgroup-to-embrace-chia-with-t-create-expert-mining-ssd-series.html

 

 

 

[fluffyflops 1,858]

ive a few mates dotted about at DHL,ABW,CLU,CLX  they wont touch moving electricals out of  China, HK, Korea  etc etc,  theres just a load more money to be made moving PPE,Covid Testing Kits, Vaccines, Empty Oxygen Bottles etc etc.

3 weeks ago they where getting offers of upto 2 Million USD to do charters runs into India (due covid)  where normally they would be getting 650k

hence why Longtail have bought 5 747s 

Edited May 16, 2021 by fluffyflops

[birdguy 3,943]

Just goes to show how dependent we have become on technology and how vulnerable we are to getting things we need.

Take the gasoline shortage on the east coast of the US last week.   The main pipeline supplying gasoline was hacked and held for ransom.  Colonial reportedly paid 5 million.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/colonial-pipeline-paid-hackers-nearly-5-million-in-ransom

We are all hostages to technology not only in our homes and businesses but also in our infrastructure.  At any time we could find ourselves without electricity or water unless ransomware extortion is paid.

Noel

[G-RFRY 1,712]

Sony have put out a statement that the PS5 supply problem could well go into 2022 or 23. MS not saying anything at the moment XBOX X vapourware may find out more at E3 in a few weeks.