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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by zozbot234 on Sunday April 19, 2026 @06:17PM (#47828138)
There's actually plenty of demand for LPDDR even in the AI datacenter, because HBM is quite wasteful of area for any given memory capacity.
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by BeeOnRope on Sunday April 19, 2026 @07:22PM (#47828633)
Wafer area?
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Re:The RAM shortage could last years by wmf on Sunday April 19, 2026 @11:46PM (#47830206)
Yes, HBM requires more wafer area for the TSVs and maybe some other features.
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