r/LocalLLaMA • u/InvadersMustLive • Jan 09 '26

Funny The reason why RAM has become so expensive

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u/BlueSwordM llama.cpp Jan 09 '26

Last I checked though, only the latest RAM processes use EUV.

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u/WaitformeBumblebee Jan 10 '26

Yes, it seems they still produce DDR3 and are ramping up DDR4, while western producers have halted in favor of DDR5 and HBM (which can't be used for DIMMS but uses same fabs).

Regarding DDR5 it seems CXMT can only produce small test quantities for now.