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the extremely complicated, hard-to-understand reason why computers got expensive

1. it takes 5x more purified silicon to make one unit of HBM...
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  08/25/26


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Date: August 25th, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Hospital Place Of Business

1. it takes 5x more purified silicon to make one unit of HBM than to make an equivalent amount of DDR5. The actual metal. Silicon. It's on the periodic table

2. there's a shortage of chemicals coming out of the middle east

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