SK Chair Says Anthropic Asked for Supplies to Make Its Own Chips
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Frontier labs exploring their own semis—via SK Hynix memory supply—points to a future where model differentiation is tied to custom silicon, not just training tricks. If you’re building on these ecosystems, start asking explicit questions about their hardware roadmap and how it affects cost, availability, and performance guarantees over the next 3–5 years.
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