Looks like RAM, Graphics cards, SSD's, etc are going to go up in price right quick. If you're thinking of buying, now might be a good time. Could be interesting to see the effect on upcoming tech releases.
http://www.kitguru.net/components/me...ix-explosions/
As KitGuru reported earlier today, Hynix fabrication plants 1 and 2 (FABs) have been put out of action following huge chemical explosions.
With the latest estimates placing Hynix somewhere around 30% of the world’s DRAM production – for Hynix to lose half its capacity in seconds is about as serious as it gets in the technology market.
High performance GDDR5 from these FABs is crucial to the production of nVidia’s fastest GeForce GTX cards, so if you were thinking about buying one – then NOW might be the right time.
Given the profiling information we have seen on Hynix so far, it seems as though the slower cheaper memory in the world will ‘float up’ in price a little, while the performance product pricing will leap up like a leopard.
SK Hynix Fire - World Loses ~15% of DRAM production?
