Lutnick Presses SK Hynix, Samsung to Boost Memory Output in US
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US policymakers are now explicitly treating DRAM and HBM as strategic AI infrastructure, not just components. If your roadmap depends on high-bandwidth memory, treat domestic capacity, subsidies, and export controls as first-order variables in your cost and availability model.
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