SK Hynix’s Nasdaq listing draws more than seven times the shares on offer
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A 7x oversubscribed US listing for a memory maker underlines how central DRAM and HBM are to the AI trade. For system builders, this demand backdrop means memory pricing and availability remain strategic variables — not commodities you can assume will be there.
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