Sources: SK Hynix is in talks with Intel to manufacture memory chips in the US but potential opposition from Seoul could be a major hurdle for the deal
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SK Hynix potentially fabbing memory in the US via Intel—while facing political friction at home—shows how geopolitics now routes where bits are born. If your roadmap depends on high-bandwidth memory, treat country-of-origin and onshore capacity as first-order supply risks, not footnotes.
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