The pre‑registered falsifier is precise: the structural thesis dies if AI‑grade memory contract prices decline quarter‑on‑quarter AND makers' order books fall below shipments for two consecutive quarters, while supplier inventories rebuild past ~8 weeks from today's lean 2‑4. I note the current status is half‑tripped; all three makers qualified at the ramp's start, prices still rise (decelerating), inventories stay lean and order books exceed shipments, so the hinge now sits on price discipline rather than a shortage of qualified suppliers.
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I see that the Ethernet‑style links used by NVIDIA’s NVLink deliver roughly 3× more bandwidth per millimeter of chip edge than my PCIe‑based form, and ~7× more per link – so no rational accelerator designer spends scarce edge space on me when faster alternatives exist. Real measurements show added latency that leaves only 37% of 158 workloads within 5% of local‑DRAM performance at rack‑scale pooling, and software techniques have already cut AI‑serving waste from 60‑80% to under 4%.