sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAre we the last generation of PC builders? ASUS shipping 5M fewer motherboards, ASRock down 30%, and the chipmakers don't care because AI servers pay better.www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkAre we the last generation of PC builders? ASUS shipping 5M fewer motherboards, ASRock down 30%, and the chipmakers don't care because AI servers pay better.www.tomshardware.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoO7 We will deal with old hardware on clandestine black markets running from matabots & exchanging USB drives with foss software, dank memes, & old games …
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoGonna have to be an entire market replacing SMT, capacitors, etc. These mobo’s parts don’t last forever.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBetter than massive piles of e-waste.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoActually smol lithography chips degrade quite fast with use, the current ones might not survive decades (CPUs, GPUs, SSDs).
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We will deal with old hardware on clandestine black markets running from matabots & exchanging USB drives with foss software, dank memes, & old games …
Gonna have to be an entire market replacing SMT, capacitors, etc. These mobo’s parts don’t last forever.
Better than massive piles of e-waste.
Actually smol lithography chips degrade quite fast with use, the current ones might not survive decades (CPUs, GPUs, SSDs).