Last time is ride the crypto boom to crank up prices cos so many people wanted to snarf cards to build their own crypto mining rigs
Now is got huge demand for running huge models for AI training :s Big companies in US, unis and CN all want huge number of their cards - cos easier to use many in parallel Crypto time demand was smaller - now with big companies and governments getting involved and no wanting to get left behind, the orders are going to be huge and wait list to receive cards will be looooo g