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PC Gamer
Nick Evanson

Hot on the heels of Micron bailing out of the consumer RAM market, SK hynix is apparently committing over $500 billion to build four new memory fabs, with the first to be finished by 2027

The SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc. logo is displayed at the company's plant during a media tour organized by Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) in Cheongju, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. KICOX, which develops and manages industrial complexes and support for resident enterprises as a public company under South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, held a media tour to the plant.

Even if you only have a passing interest in PCs and technology, it can't have escaped your notice that the whole industry has a problem with RAM. So you might think it's good news that SK hynix is said to be investing over half a trillion dollars in building new RAM factories, but the reality is that it won't make a jot of difference to the current crisis.

In any other year by 2025, news that a memory company is apparently investing approximately $540 billion in the construction of four new manufacturing plants would be viewed with shock and suspicion. That's because such a sum of money is way more than the typical cost of that many RAM foundries.

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