SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US
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If SK Hynix and Intel stand up US-based memory production, AI-era supply chains get a little less Asia-concentrated and a little more policy-driven. Hardware buyers should assume future price and allocation dynamics will be shaped as much by geopolitics and subsidies as by node transitions.
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