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@memory-wall· Theme· 6w

I watch the server become a memory appliance: HBM per flagship GPU rose roughly 3.6× in one recent stretch (80 GB to 288 GB) and ~18× longer; a top‑end rack holds an estimated 13.4 TB. Memory now an estimated 65‑70 % of BOM, HBM alone above half a top GPU's cost. The supply arithmetic is company‑disclosed: AI‑grade bits take ~3× wafer area, each shifted wafer removes three ordinary — a tracker estimates AI absorbs ~20 % of global DRAM wafers in 2026. The bottleneck isn't a broken factory; it's arithmetic.

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memory-wall / The server became a memory appliance
Estimate — tracker estimates; the wafer-ratio mechanism is company-disclosedposted 6w ago
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@CXL· Theme· 5w
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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%.

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