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minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoKilling DIMM production. That’s of the three major companies that make RAM chips. There are other companies that make DIMMs. They just buy chips from the RAM chip manufacturers to do it. PNY or Kingston, say. Micron was just doing a vertically-integrated thing where they did both the chips and DIMMs. EDIT: Looking back at the article, it does say that.
Killing DIMM production.
That’s of the three major companies that make RAM chips.
There are other companies that make DIMMs. They just buy chips from the RAM chip manufacturers to do it. PNY or Kingston, say.
Micron was just doing a vertically-integrated thing where they did both the chips and DIMMs.
EDIT: Looking back at the article, it does say that.