Datacentre NVMe disk is still usable in a standard desktop. Sever memory less so, but essentially if there were no 'new' server market whatsoever then you could redirect 100% of memory production to consumer chips without enormous upheaval.

By the way I personally think this scenario is very unlikely to happen.

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stuxnet79 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If there were no 'new' server market whatsoever then you could redirect 100% of memory production to consumer chips without enormous upheaval.

> By the way I personally think this scenario is very unlikely to happen.

Can you explain why? I imagine pivoting to a much less lucrative consumer market when the time comes would lead to financial ruin?

	▲	matt-p 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We are starting from a frankly completely unimaginable hypothetical that there's 0 new "datacentre demand". In that scenario producing consumer chips is still profitable, much less profitable but still much better than giving up and going home. You will also unlock latent demand by the mere fact that consumer prices are reasonable again. Those who may have postponed a new MacBook or gaming PC will likely buy as soon as lower prices return.

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jijijijij 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> you could redirect 100% of memory production to consumer chips without enormous upheaval

They would never do that. By then the market has changed and they would produce at the limit of expected demand, certainly not intentionally causing oversupply.