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Re: SD cards

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On 18/5/2026 8:30 pm, Keithr0 wrote:
> I suppose that it's the shortage of memory chips, but $39 for a 32 gig, 
> that's almost double what they were a few months ago.

I was reading recently that the main reason the price of SD cards going 
up right now is the huge demand for NAND flash memory by AI data 
centers. Tech giants and AI companies are buying up huge quantities of 
storage components and this is forcing manufacturers to prioritise the 
much higher higher profit margins of enterprise equipment and this is 
limiting the supply of consumer memory cards. I can't see it changing 
for the better any time soon.

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Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
       (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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