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minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoSo when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM? I’ll just take your best guess.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agothere will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes
So when that happens… Is there gonna be like a memory auction? Will I have to buy a whole ai training rig just to get the RAM?
I’ll just take your best guess.
there will probably be a flood of cheap hardware/server equipment flooding the second hand market, yes