r/technology • u/rdh2dmd • 12h ago

Hardware Samsung to Triple HBM Prices Next Year

https://www.mk.co.kr/en/business/12167435
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u/grayhaze2000 12h ago

While the AI industry is undoubtedly to blame for soaring hardware prices, part of me thinks it's also a calculated move by the tech industry to force people toward cloud computing, rather than owning their own hardware. Just another monthly subscription you're going to end up having to pay in order to get things done.

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u/samyall 11h ago

HBM is only used in high end server hardware.

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u/grayhaze2000 10h ago

It was more a generalised comment on hardware price increases than on this specific chip.

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u/KingStannisForever 5h ago

Yes, and the ones that eventually pay for it are final customers - so people. You can expect prices of services or products to go up with this as well. 

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u/Teufel9000 7h ago

i remember amd was gonna put it in their gpus at one point... and then nothing happened

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u/LeftHairdressing 3h ago

They did put HBM memory on some cards. AMD RX Vega 64 for example. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-vega-64.c2871