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rasz_pl on Dec 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Secret Atari DRAM Resale Operation Revealed by FBI...

Intel decided to exit DRAM business in 1984 closing 8 fabs, two years later ram prices skyrocketed.

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0073122653/280...

interview with Intels GM of memory at the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJrsM4DxDU

yuhong on Dec 28, 2015 [–]

I think Intel ended up partnering with Micron and Samsung and selling their DRAM under their own name in the end.

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