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Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM

562 points · 458 comments · giuliomagnifico

fooker · 1789929721 · focus · HN ↗
What's the main blocker (other than the current inflated cost) for using HBM instead of DRAM as the primary memory for consumer electronics?
1. nutjob2 · 1789930193 · focus · HN ↗
  Nothing except CPU manufacturer choices. Mac laptops use it and they're consumer products.
  People will have to get used to buying a fixed amount of RAM with their CPU but thats unlikely to be a problem.
  1. fooker · 1789930550 · focus · HN ↗
    Apple's "unified memory" marketing is so strong that even tech literate people seem to have this misconception!
    They have managed to pull this sort of thing off many many times. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_distortion_field
    Kon5ole · 1789932776 · focus · HN ↗
    Having unified memory is a real advantage though, it's not a reality distortion.
    nvme0n1p1 · 1789934004 · focus · HN ↗
    Agreed. That's why it's a good thing all computers made in the past 15 years have unified memory, not just macs.
    <a href="https://x.com/Lina_Hoshino/status/1820947147312820497" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/Lina_Hoshino/status/1820947147312820497
    stymaar · 1789935032 · focus · HN ↗
    Is that Marcan's vtuber persona (Asahi Lina) that changed name since Marcan doesn't work on Asahi Linux anymore?

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