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// 135d agoINFRASTRUCTURE
SK hynix flags memory crunch through 2030
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said at Nvidia GTC 2026 that the global memory-chip shortage may last another four to five years, with supply not fully catching demand until around 2030. He said wafer supply is still lagging demand by more than 20%, signaling sustained pressure across AI hardware supply chains.
// ANALYSIS
This looks less like a cyclical blip and more like a structural AI-era bottleneck that could keep compute costs elevated for years.
- –Memory, not just GPUs, is becoming a hard cap on AI cluster expansion timelines.
- –SK Hynix’s position as Nvidia’s main HBM supplier gives it outsized pricing and roadmap influence.
- –Reuters-reported guidance that AI memory demand could grow ~30% annually through 2030 reinforces the long-duration thesis.
- –Ecosystem moves like Applied Materials’ new collaborations with SK Hynix and Micron suggest the industry is racing to fix process and packaging constraints, not expecting a quick normalization.
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DISCOVERED
135d ago
2026-03-17
PUBLISHED
135d ago
2026-03-17
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
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