I know the main cause is AI but why now, why was there not this demand at the same time as when GPU prices started to sky rocket?

Also I dont see why AI needs RAM like VRAM I get it but why RAM?

  • SolidShake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    3 days ago

    GPU = Bitcoin farming. Prices rose during COVID because of the shipping safety that went in place, plus all the nerds farming for Bitcoin who wanted 4 gpus at once, and that’s also when the PS5 launched (not a PCIE GPU, but still contributed)

    RAM = needed to process ai tasks faster. Now with huge factory size ai data centers, lots of order got lots and lots of ram. I’d expect this to be the norm every 10ish years when ram gets updated

    • Tanoh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      It hasn’t been viable to mine Bitcoin on GPU for about a decade, it is all CPU. I mean you can still obviously do it, but it isn’t worth it. You would get better results mining something else and swapping.

      Different coins have different best suited hardware. Some by design, some by lack of design.