It’s the RAM crisis. Although I wonder if they did that in part to make the $300 not seem too bad, since it’s only a 50% price increase now instead of a 100% price increase
sure they just have to build a fab. only takes 5-10 years, then they need to buy silicone, which has increased in price too. also need the super expensive fab equipment only sold by one company who's increased their prices. then theres fact apple's never manufactured anything and has no experience so they'd likely be horrible at it for first few years. this is why no company outside china is building more capacity. the Chinese one is gov funded due to the ban on selling new chips and ram to china, or they likely wouldn't have done it. even then they aren't interested in lowering ram prices but joining in on the high prices profits.
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u/Decent-Law-9565 23h ago
It’s the RAM crisis. Although I wonder if they did that in part to make the $300 not seem too bad, since it’s only a 50% price increase now instead of a 100% price increase