'Still Getting Worse': Valve Engineer Reckons RAM Supplies Are 'at Least Three to Six Months' Behind
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'Still getting worse': Valve engineer reckons RAM supplies are 'at least three to six months' behind
Valve’s Steam Machine price, as well as most memory or graphics processing units on the market, has been greatly affected by the AI gold rush. In a recent interview with Jason Schreier, Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat shared even grimmer prospects on the subject. Research from early July predicted that the trend of rising memory and GPU prices will likely continue to worsen until at least 2027 and won’t stabilize until 2028. More recently, Aldeh…
'It's Still Getting Worse' — Steam Machine Engineers at Valve Aren't Optimistic About Where the AI-Driven Memory Crisis Will Be in 'Three to Six Months'
Steam Machine engineers at Valve have warned the ongoing memory crisis in tech is "still getting worse" as buyers face already exorbitant prices.Yazan Aldehayyat and Pierre-Loup Griffais, two individuals who helped bring the new gaming hardware to life, offered their perspective on how the AI industry has influenced the high cost of RAM during an interview with Bloomberg. In case you thought things were already bad enough, they've got an update:…
Buyers of the new Steam Machine have to reach deep into their pockets, as Valve is suffering massively from the consequences of the current AI boom. Engineers now warn of a fatal market development that could soon make the living room PC even more expensive. (Continue reading)
Little by little, the consoles have gone up at an alarmingly fast pace, and when Valve announced the price of the Steam Machines in June, many people reacted badly when they knew that the basic (uncommanded) version would cost £879 / €1039. Now, it seems clear that Valve has sold everything it could manufacture, but when can we expect prices to drop? Unfortunately, the answer does not seem particularly hopeful, because, if anything, it seems mor…
Valve warns of a deteriorating storage crisis. RAM and SSD prices could continue to rise, while Steam Machine is already limited by scarce components.
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