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AI token costs drop, but memory prices soar amid tripled enterprise spending · 3 sources tracked

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Despite a significant drop in AI token costs, enterprise AI spending has tripled, leading to a surge in demand and prices for memory components like DRAM. Inference costs have decreased by 280-fold over the past two years, yet contract prices for DRAM have seen a record quarterly increase of 90-95%. This trend, reminiscent of Jevons' paradox observed with coal in the 19th century, highlights a rebalancing dynamic within the chip market. AI

IMPACT Suggests that while AI inference is becoming cheaper, the overall demand for AI infrastructure, particularly memory, is increasing, potentially driving up costs for hardware.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a trend and economic principle related to AI infrastructure costs rather than a specific event.

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AI token costs drop, but memory prices soar amid tripled enterprise spending · 3 sources tracked

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contra

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contract prices just posted a record 90-95% quarterly jump. Jevons saw this pattern in 1865 with coal. A look at what actually…

    LINKS buysellram.com/…/cheaper-tokens-ai-chip-s…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contra

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contract prices just posted a record 90-95% quarterly jump. Jevons saw this pattern in 1865 with coal. A look at what actually…

    LINKS buysellram.com/…/cheaper-tokens-ai-chip-s…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contra

    The cheaper AI tokens get, the more expensive memory becomes. Inference costs fell 280-fold in two years; enterprise AI spending tripled anyway, and DRAM contract prices just posted a record 90-95% quarterly jump. Jevons saw this pattern in 1865 with coal. A look at what actually…

    LINKS buysellram.com/…/cheaper-tokens-ai-chip-s…

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