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marcosscriventoday at 2:53 PM1 replyview on HN

What are the limiting factors here?

Clearly it’s the fabrication of RAM/HBM chips. But if the margin is so high, why can’t other fabs like CPU fabs be used? I assume they’re not as CPU prices are going down. Or are they radically different and not easily reconfigured?


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alex43578today at 3:04 PM

Very different processes. Even setting up a new CPU design in a fab that already makes CPU dies is months of validation, for context.