As the AI-powered RAM crunch increases, the 16GB version of the Pi 5 is now more than triple its introductory price less than two years ago.
    • heartSagan5@lemmy.zipEnglish
      81·
      22 hours ago

      Manufacturing for AI has increased demand for material and lithography. The price has followed accordingly.

      And as Sam Altman says, “your RAM is wasted and idle anyways, gotta feed my silicon god” (“you’ll own nothing and be a serf”).

      • alekwithak@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        20 hours ago

        Hardware hoarding by corporations who were allowed to accrue so much money they can afford to buy up hardware just to keep it out of the hands of their competitors.*

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        16 hours ago

        Nah the Raspberry Pi Foundation has been going down this route since covid, long before AI was being crammed into and consuming everything.

      • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        Oh, I know. I’m just flabbergasted that a pi costs nearly $400 bucks. Last one I bought was 29.99 and that felt expensive.