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111 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 OP 7 Jan \ parent \ on: Memory Chip Giants Spark Global Semiconductor Rally Shortages Stoke Price Hikes AI Stacker_Stocks

silver is used in a lot of the stuff for data centers so maybe.... not sure what parts use the silver though.

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 7 Jan

Parts per million precious metals observed in DIMMs back in 2016:

  • Gold: 1022
  • Palladium: 70
  • Silver: 1616
  • Copper: 200

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132 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 7 Jan

I've heard 2 logical explanations:

  • The silver in datacenters is found mainly in the power network. Particularly in contacts of high energy power components (ie. actual electrical switches) which use silver for low resistance, high reliability of contact points.
  • Samsung’s Ag‑C solid‑state design (silver-carbon solid state battery).
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 7 Jan

Interesting!

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