Because the opposite is true. AI uses spinning rust far, far more than it does solid state storage.
rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Why… why would hard drives be going up in price?? AI does not use spinning platters of rust, like, at all.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 months ago
1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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
Taldan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes it does. Where do you think they store those gigantic training datasets?