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Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by shdh on Sunday May 24, 2026 @03:56PM (#48260484)
Yeah, more global competition in DRAM would be great.

SK Hynix and Samsung are South Korean.

Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by overfeed on Sunday May 24, 2026 @04:14PM (#48260633)
> SK Hynix and Samsung are South Korean.

The Korean memory makers are playing the same game as Micron and simply moving existing capacity up-market.

GP was referring to upstart Chinese memory manufacturers like ChangXin, who - if their yields manage to catch the wave - could not have asked for a more favorable market after the big 3 have abandoned the consumer market. Consumers who would have otherwise turned up their noses at CXMT will not have the luxury.

Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by xbmcuser on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:57PM (#48261417)
Chinese manufacturers will probably takeover consumer ram that most of us use as current manufacturing contracts expire and Samsung SK and micron move all their production to HBM for data centers. Corsair recently released chinese chips based DDR5 sticks.
Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by throawayonthe on Sunday May 24, 2026 @07:10PM (#48261928)
> Corsair recently released chinese chips based DDR5 sticks.

hm interesting

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/chinese-memo...

Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by Incipient on Monday May 25, 2026 @01:09AM (#48263585)
I've so far been anti-chinese memory in my recommendations, not because it's Chinese (I don't really trust any big organisation/govt other than the EU?) but because they've been very new, and it's not worth PC stability for saving $50.

However with corsair giving it their blessing, and their technology having matured a bit (a lot?), and more reviews showing good stability (longevity I suppose, is TBD) they're definitely worth recommending these days.

Re:Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip componen... by esperent on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:43AM (#48264424)
Right, so exactly two countries in the world control most of the memory market (US and Korra). As the person above said, more global competition would be great.