Is the RAM used for the AI boxen compatible with normal desktops and servers?
When the AIpocallapse finally happens will we be able to pick up memory sticks for our boxen?
Will it just be slag even if technically compatible?
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@nbailey Oi! That is sad news.
It might be a race between RDIMM capable consumer boards and DIMM compatible memory when AI collapses
If AI doesn't collapse soon, then I presume we'll have RDIMM consumer stuff as server hardware cycles out
@lufthans most server memory is going to be ECC, usually RDIMMs that are rather task specific and won’t work with a standard desktop PC and definitely not a laptop.
The real issue has been that at a manufacturing level the bids are so much higher for server parts vs everything else, so production has been skewed way to one end. When it’s “over” there will still be an undersupply of “normal” computers and loads of off lease machines that only work with crazy high wattage PDU’s.
So, I’m a bit pessimistic overall. Consumer computing is going to be buggered up for at least another 3-5 years…