Post #3942300
2026-07-19 21:05 UTC
If Moore's Law wasn't dead, the original curve would see 2026 introducing laptops with 64 terabytes of ram.
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html#id248066
Instead, LLM-induced DRAM shortages are _shrinking_ the amount of memory in systems. The largest mac mini for sale recently went from 64 gigs of ram down to only 16.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/macs/apple-removes-more-mac-mini-and-mac-studio-models-from-sale-as-ceo-tim-cook-warns-it-may-take-several-months-to-reach-supply-demand-balance
Note: Apple is once again the largest company in the world.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/17/apple-unseats-nvidia-as-worlds-largest-company/
And even they are rationing RAM.
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@landley@mstdn.jp 2026-07-19 21:11
Apple's $10,000 super-laptop has 128 gigs ram and 8 terabytes of storage. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-black-nano-texture-display-apple-m5-max-chip-18-core-cpu-40-core-gpu-128gb-memory-8tb-storage According to Moore's Law, a machine costing 1/4 that much should have 512 times as much RAM and storage. More's Law is _measurably_ dead. The S-curve bent down, by the numbers. That's why Silicon Valley went fascist and bought into LLM hallucinations. The gold rush is over, their business model is obsolete, and they're in screaming denial about it.