themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 hours agoHard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victimwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1438arrow-down1external-linkHard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victimwww.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 hours agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·6 hours agoWhy… why would hard drives be going up in price?? AI does not use spinning platters of rust, like, at all.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoYes it does. Where do you think they store those gigantic training datasets?
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agorelative to the hard drive market in general, that seems like a drop in the bucket. research labs like CERN write TBs per SECOND quality data sets don’t even come close
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoBecause the opposite is true. AI uses spinning rust far, far more than it does solid state storage.
minus-square1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoMy best guess is they want to use the raw materials on more profitable products. Kinda like how consumer PSUs are going up in price. The materials are being used for enterprise PSUs in the datacenter
Why… why would hard drives be going up in price?? AI does not use spinning platters of rust, like, at all.
Yes it does. Where do you think they store those gigantic training datasets?
relative to the hard drive market in general, that seems like a drop in the bucket. research labs like CERN write TBs per SECOND
quality data sets don’t even come close
Because the opposite is true. AI uses spinning rust far, far more than it does solid state storage.
My best guess is they want to use the raw materials on more profitable products. Kinda like how consumer PSUs are going up in price. The materials are being used for enterprise PSUs in the datacenter