SK hynix says its 3D DRAM is half as expensive to produce — credits EUV chipmaking tools
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Oh wow so that means the consumer cost will be -50%, right? ...Right?
I guess we will see but the only thing that seems to matte these days is to keep shareholders happy. guess what makes them happy? higher profit margins.
Well realistically it's up to Samsung and Micron to respond. We could get a price war, which would be grand. But unfortunately we'll probably instead see price collusion once again and the main competition will effectively settle on a price they're all making a ton of money at.
The YouTuber asianometry did a video on 3D dram. Very cool.