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

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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. tjwebbnorfolk · 1789964693 · focus · HN ↗
  Even if the cost were the same of the RAM itself, you'd need much bigger and more expensive CPU to deal with it.
  Running 17 chrome tabs doesn't benefit at all from that HBM and all the additional hardware+software complexities that come with it. You want a specialized coprocessor to handle specialized workloads. The GPU exists separately from the CPU for a reason.

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