- Nvidia has reportedly stopped supplying VRAM with GPU dies amid memory shortage.
- The tech giants previously used to bundle both these things together.
- AI boom has caused a lot of issues that are affecting GPU manufacturing as well.
The tech industry is currently going through a major memory crisis. Amid the AI boom, a massive shortage has occurred, and prices have skyrocketed. This has even led to issues in GPU manufacturing as well.
A new report suggests that Nvidia has stopped supplying VRAM to GPU board partners. Typically, Nvidia used to bundle the GPU dies and VRAM together; however, now partners will have to source memory themselves.
Why it matters: The global memory shortage is affecting the entirety of the tech industry. After big increments in memory prices, GPU prices are expected to shoot up as well.
Leaker Golden Pig Upgrade has revealed that with Nvidia stopping to supply VRAM, AIB partners are left to source memory on their own. For context, the tech giants don’t make memory themselves; they instead buy it from others.
These manufacturers include Samsung, Micron, SK Hynix, and others. All of these have their backlogs booked and reportedly aren’t even taking any new orders as they already have at least a year of orders in advance.
Since bigger AIB partners already have a lot of sources in the industry, this might not affect them much, but with the smaller ones, this could be hugely concerning. Nonetheless, this is how things currently stand.
Anyhow, Nvidia is yet to confirm this, so take this news with a grain of salt for the time being. We wouldn’t be surprised if it does turn out to be true, considering how bad things have been lately.
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