Per the article, they will compete for wafer apace, but are actually simpler to produce, so hit one bottleneck instead of the two that ddr5 hits.
Although there is already DDR4 in the market, it’s also easier to produce, which would help elevate some of the bottlenecks in the current memory supply chain. One of the key shortages right now is advanced packaging, which DDR5 requires with an integrated PMIC. DDR4, by comparison, is much simpler to package and sell, which should help keep prices from climbing into the DDR5 range.
Don’t they need to use the same factory and materials to make DDR4 though?
Per the article, they will compete for wafer apace, but are actually simpler to produce, so hit one bottleneck instead of the two that ddr5 hits.
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