Google Recycles DDR4 From Dead Servers as DRAM Shortage Bites
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The shortage of DRAM memory, aggravated by the expansion of artificial intelligence, apparently led Google to recover DDR4 modules from retired servers to power its new systems. Meta also reuses old chips through CXL, while prices rise up to 90% in a quarter and the new industrial capacity still seems distant.
Google recycles DDR4 from dead servers as DRAM shortage bites
A senior Google executive has reportedly confirmed that the firm has found a workaround to the AI-led memory chip supply crunch and price hikes that have stalled the entire tech sector: recycling DDR4 memory from retired servers and using it in its newest AI machines. Senior director of supply chain infrastructure, Nikhil Cherian, said that...
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According to the Chinaflashmarket portal, the current semiconductor crisis has led Google to take a non-standard step: in the latest artificial intelligence servers, the DDR4 memory modules from the secondary market are being used. The components are derived from out-of-use server counters. If this practice had previously seemed archaic in the face of a widespread shift to advanced standards, today the IT-giant management felt that it would not …
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