IIRC from past reading, they ramped up capacity during a prior shortage like a decade back or something and then ate a bunch of losses when the shortage ended.
Hmm.
Looks like there might have been a more-recent glut than that:
Samsung to extend production cuts after $7 billion chip loss in first half
July 27, 2023 12:18 AM PDT Updated July 27, 2023
SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said the worst is over for the global memory chip market but announced plans to extend production cuts because a demand recovery is largely constrained to high-end chips used in artificial intelligence.
The move underscores the unprecedented semiconductor downturn that led the South Korean firm to incur a record 8.9 trillion won ($7 billion) operating loss from its bread-and-butter chip business in the first six months of this year.
So just over two years ago they were coming out of a money-losing period.
IIRC from past reading, they ramped up capacity during a prior shortage like a decade back or something and then ate a bunch of losses when the shortage ended.
Hmm.
Looks like there might have been a more-recent glut than that:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-elec-q2-profit-plunges-95-chip-glut-persists-2023-07-27/
So just over two years ago they were coming out of a money-losing period.
Still, forcing MB & RAM purchases together is a stupid way to address this.
Try a measured ramp up in production; not, “grab all the cash you can in the shortest amount of time possible” method.