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I saw this, and wondered if many here have noticed. Lots of us build, re-build, modify, and upgrade our Windows 11 PCs. We couldn't help but notice ram prices, SSD shortages and delays in shipping from Amazon around the holidays. Now this . . .

AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren't paying attention

In addition, did NVIDIA not have anything new for the CES show?

Strange days indeed, most peculiar . . .

www.theregister.com

AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday

: An anomaly or the beginning of a new trend? My bet's on the latter
www.theregister.com www.theregister.com
 

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AWS (Amazon Web Services) is the commercial web hosting service of Amazon. They don't sell GPU's, but rent out server capacity for companies who want to run apps in the cloud. GPU's are popular for AI-based apps, which is the rage in corporate business.
 

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Well, Amazon, like ANY business, can raise (or lower) their prices at will, and unfortunately, there's absolutely squat anyone can do about it (unless they somehow violate some commerce law or regulation)...

suks, but it is what it is :D
 

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Nice little clickbait heading by The Register. (n)
The article is talking about hourly rates being increased for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. I doubt anyone here at Eleven Forum needs that technology currently to run Windows 11 and their favourite game?

See also here.

www.networkworld.com

AWS hikes prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks amid soaring GPU demand

The move could reshape cost planning for enterprises running large-scale AI workloads.
www.networkworld.com www.networkworld.com
 
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Marcus Vinicus said:
Nice little clickbait heading by The Register. (n)
The article is talking about hourly rates being increased for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. I doubt anyone here at Eleven Forum needs that technology currently to run Windows 11 and their favourite game?

See also here.

www.networkworld.com

AWS hikes prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks amid soaring GPU demand

The move could reshape cost planning for enterprises running large-scale AI workloads.
www.networkworld.com www.networkworld.com
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@Marcus Vinicus Yes, and clearly I fell for the bait.

One thing of VALUE I would like to SHARE with you all is a handy free browser plugin that will you you the price history of any item on Amazon.
It can come in handy. I hope it's of benefit to some of you.
I recommend it.

Keepa.com - Amazon Price Tracker

Amazon price history charts, price drop alerts, price watches, daily drops and browser extensions.
keepa.com keepa.com

All the best. (y) ;-)
 

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