<![CDATA[the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market]]>the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market

> October 2025: Sam Altman flies to Seoul and signs simultaneous deals with Samsung and SK Hynix for 900,000 DRAM wafers per month. That's 40% of global supply. Neither company knew the other was signing a near-identical commitment at the same time.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/de3a9720-d982-4997-b0ac-e24d58fa0091/the-precise-timeline-of-how-openai-fucked-over-the-ram-marketRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 21:48:29 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2026 12:31:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:21:03 GMT]]>@BillSaysThis @ariadne @davidgerard if so, it's because they were doing something stupid and this fixes that IMO.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/demofox/statuses/116323992448502623https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/demofox/statuses/116323992448502623Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:15:44 GMT]]>@ariadne @BillSaysThis @davidgerard Really? I’ve been using pngcrush for audio files.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Vorsos/statuses/116323971558293330https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Vorsos/statuses/116323971558293330Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:15:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:07:42 GMT]]>@davidgerard Since he's obviously alt Man, is he pro Caveman? Cuz we be headin' back there with his ilk in power.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/116323939944654133https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/116323939944654133Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:48:06 GMT]]>@BillSaysThis @davidgerard yes, it is possible to create domain-specific compression algorithms that are better than general ones.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ariadne/statuses/116323862892806655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ariadne/statuses/116323862892806655Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:48:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:46:51 GMT]]>@ariadne @davidgerard “Google publishes TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces AI memory requirements by 6x with zero accuracy loss.”

This algorithm is somehow only applicable to AI??

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://curmudgeon.cafe/users/BillSaysThis/statuses/116323857954655598https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://curmudgeon.cafe/users/BillSaysThis/statuses/116323857954655598Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:45:12 GMT]]>@davidgerard There was this piece about it last year: https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-altman-s-dirty-dram-deal

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/kjhank/statuses/116323851466802366https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/kjhank/statuses/116323851466802366Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:45:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to the precise timeline of how OpenAI fucked over the RAM market on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:33:04 GMT]]>@davidgerard thanks sam!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ariadne/statuses/116323803748436836https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ariadne/statuses/116323803748436836Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:33:04 GMT