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Toshiba Latest Casualty of DRAM Price Wars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the might-be-a-good-time-to-buy-memory dept.

Tsar writes: "ITWorld.com tells the story: Toshiba is getting out of the DRAM business. They had 6.2% of the world market last year, but soon their Manassas, VA facilities will belong to Micron, the Yokkaichi plant's DRAM production will be reduced to a trickle, and Toshiba will be out of the commodity memory market. Guess you can sell DRAM for a hundred bucks a gigabyte, but you can't make a living at it yet."

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  1. Why in MY DAY!!!! by gatesh8r · · Score: 4, Funny
    We had to pay TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for one MESELY 32k of RAM! We had IRON CORES to actually use. And we didn't have these flimsy PCBs to work with we were lucky to have VACCUM TUBES!

    Why I remember when we used punch cards too and we programmed on the BARE METAL! Why we were lucky to have an ASSEMBLER or a punch card!


    Why you kids NEVER had it rough!

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  2. Here's A Better Way For Them To Make A Living by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess you can sell DRAM for a hundred bucks a gigabyte, but you can't make a living at it yet."

    Give the DRAM away for free, and sell support for it.

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