OhioIntel hasn’t made memory chips since the 1980s.
South Korea’s grip on high-bandwidth memory, the AI chip bottleneck, would loosen if the deal lands.
Building memory in a logic fab means ripping out cleanrooms and installing new tools, not just running different software.
South Korea’s government could block the deal if it touches technology it deems sensitive.
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- GSM Arena
- Flags Korean government's likely veto over HBM/DRAM memory tech transfer to Ohio, complicating Intel-SK Hynix venture
Sources: GSM Arena