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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by suprnurd on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:30PM (#46151752)
I read online that Apple uses three different RAM suppliers supposedly? I wonder if Apple has the ability to just make their own RAM?
Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by kayson on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:32PM (#46151777)
Apple doesn't own any foundries, so no. It's not trivial to spin up a DRAM foundry either. I do wonder if we'll see TSMC enter the market though. Maybe under pressure from Apple or nvidia...
Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by FastFT on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:37PM (#46151833)
There are no large scale pure play DRAM fabs that I’m aware of, so Apple is (more or less) buying from the same 3 companies as everyone else.
Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by umanwizard on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:32PM (#46151772)
Apple doesn't own semiconductor fabs. They're not capable of making their own RAM.