[m4rtink]

Not saying this is the solution, but strategic reserves of important commodities exist.

Maybe we need the same now for computer parts, that are now so important for everything in our modern digital society ?

So that feverish investor speculation and shady circular financing deals don't cause sudden 30+% inflation on any technological device.

[alex43578]

Good news, you get the DDR2 that has been languishing in a salt cave for the last 20 years.

Reality check: a strategic reserve of modern technology components in volumes needed to impact consumer prices is completely infeasible and illogical.

I’d be fine with the idea of the government maintaining supplies of defense industrial inputs, critical minerals, etc; but as we see with our efforts for rare earths (and even petroleum) you can never stockpile consumer supply levels.

[sib]

A strategic reserve of a commodity that (historically) depreciates at ~50% per year is a terrible trade for occasionally avoiding demand-driven price spikes.