The artificial intelligence (AI) boom has rewarded nearly every corner of the semiconductor industry, but not all winners have followed the same path. Graphics processors grabbed the headlines first, then networking chips, and now memory has become one of the industry's biggest bottlenecks.
Demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) from Micron Technology (MU), Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix continues to outpace supply as hyperscale cloud providers race to build AI infrastructure. Yet the market has begun questioning whether today's supply shortages will last.