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RSS Bot ( rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se ) BM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 14 hours ago

Nvidia deliberately kept GPU prices high through circular financing deals

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Nvidia deliberately kept GPU prices high through circular financing deals

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RSS Bot ( rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se ) BM to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 14 hours ago
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Nvidia deliberately kept GPU prices high through circular financing deals, report claims
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A recent Wall Street Journal profile of Nvidia interim CEO Colette Kress has shed more light on how Nvidia controversially financed its own customers to drive the...

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  • warm ( warm@kbin.earth ) 
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    No shit. That’s the entire bubble. None of it is real money.

    • Hirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org ) 
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      It is real investor money, unfortunately.

  • eletes ( eletes@sh.itjust.works ) 
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    So is this it? the bubble popping? Feels like the bill is due and we knew the fakery was happening but I wouldn’t be surprised if this also gets swept under the rug

    • ranandtoldthat ( ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org ) 
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      Doubtful. If hardware prices actually drop, which remains to be seen, AI becomes cheaper to run, which will accelerate adoption.

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    This kind of seems like a nothing burger IMO. The circular financing has been public info for some time, the only part of this that is news is that it was mentioned in the WSJ.

    • halcyoncmdr ( halcyoncmdr@piefed.social ) 
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      And yet, easily half of Wall Street still has no idea.

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    So what now, am I gonna be able to afford a couple of HDDs for my server, or was this all just empty fuss?

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