RAM prices nearly quadruple in two years as users chase 256k contexts
lxfater · x · 2026-10-04
A user complains about surging RAM prices: 64GB cost 800 RMB in 2023, now runs 3000 RMB; they paid 2600 RMB for 32GB. Even so, memory still falls short when running 256k-token contexts — a vivid, ground-level sign of how AI demand is driving up memory costs.
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