sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDDR5 scalper bots now generate 91% of listing traffic at one retailervideocardz.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkDDR5 scalper bots now generate 91% of listing traffic at one retailervideocardz.comsanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareJohnWorks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoOriginally I thought why since ddr5 sticks aren’t useful to LLMs afaik but I’m seeing in the article it says scalper bots? Ram seems like a weird thing to scalp considering many people aren’t really buying it in the first place from being priced out.
minus-squaremadmantis24@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAs I understand it, it’s less that the LLM’s use the exact same memory and more that the resources we needed for our RAM to get built have been bought up for the immediate future and repurposed to build what they need for the stupid data centers
Originally I thought why since ddr5 sticks aren’t useful to LLMs afaik but I’m seeing in the article it says scalper bots?
Ram seems like a weird thing to scalp considering many people aren’t really buying it in the first place from being priced out.
As I understand it, it’s less that the LLM’s use the exact same memory and more that the resources we needed for our RAM to get built have been bought up for the immediate future and repurposed to build what they need for the stupid data centers