Bumper computer memory harvest means prices will fall

It isn't only in Britain that spring this year has taken everyone by surprise. In Idaho, the slopes overlooking Lake Lowell have already burst into flower at least a fortnight earlier than usual. But what has the early arrival of bees and blossom got to do with computers and IT?

Well it's simply that the past winter in this area, one of the mildest in living memory, has had its affect in other ways as well; most important of all it's resulted in an exceptionally heavy RAM crop. The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for computer memory farmers. There's always the chance of a late frost, while not entirely ruining the crop it can impair its performance, making it difficult to obtain top prices in world markets. But now these dangers are over and the RAM harvest goes forward.

RAM cultivation in Idaho is not of course carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the South Korean industry. Many of you I'm sure will have seen pictures of the vast RAM plantations in Seoul. In Idaho, however, it tends to be more of a family affair. Another reason why this may be a bumper year lies in the virtual disappearance of the RAM weevil, the tiny creature whose depredations have caused much concern in the past.

After picking, the RAM is laid out to dry in the warm spring sunshine. Many people are often puzzled by the fact that RAM is produced at such a high consistency. But this is the result of many years of patient endeavor by plant breeders who succeeded in producing the perfect RAM chip.

Disclaimer: everything in this post is fabricated for April Fools Day 2016.

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