sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1178arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·3 days 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-up9·2 days agoGonna have to be an entire market replacing SMT, capacitors, etc. These mobo’s parts don’t last forever.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoActually smol lithography chips degrade quite fast with use, the current ones might not survive decades (CPUs, GPUs, SSDs).
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoBetter than massive piles of e-waste.
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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.
Actually smol lithography chips degrade quite fast with use, the current ones might not survive decades (CPUs, GPUs, SSDs).
Better than massive piles of e-waste.