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Nvidia gives SK Hynix & Micron advance payments to secure AI chips

Both get more than half a billion USD. Good for Micron. That's where the AI money goes. Not into spinning rust...

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20231227PD212/nvidia-sk-hynix-micron-hbm-supply.html

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It has a lot to do with getting advanced payments NOW instead of in 6 months or later. Imagine if Mango, AWS and co. gave us each half a billion in advance today.

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I don't get the relevance. This has nothing to do with long term large storage tubs. But FWIW, I know that STX is sniffing around for Govt funds.

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"spinning rust" will fulfill storage needs for some time We all know the memory secured by NVIDA is compute, not storage Need to begin to ask the question whether further advancement drive development is worthwhile as drives become closer to tape

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