Tracked forecast · watch-12-4
Where AI-grade memory and packaging capacity is sited.
Open
- Chokepoint
- Chips & Packaging — Advanced packaging and memory (HBM) supply, concentrated among a handful of manufacturers. (Raises price)
- Kill condition
- Whether advanced memory and packaging stay concentrated in Korea, or any of it migrates, determines how much the licensing lever will matter in three years.
- Horizon
- As announced
- Source
- Issue 12 — The Hostage Chip · full issue
Why it is on the watchlist
Whether AI-grade memory and packaging stay concentrated in Korea determines how much leverage the US licensing lever retains in three years.
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