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Memory controllers are die area. mm2 die space is linear bom cost. Ignoring the design and platform support that comes with higher bandwidth memory controllers
by aurareturn 1y ago
Memory controllers are die area. mm2 die space is linear bom cost.
Ignoring the design and platform support that comes with higher bandwidth memory controllers.
- throwaway48476 1y agoAnd this is not also linear or fixed cost, why? I don't think you know how industry pricing works. Wafers have a price, double mm2, double the price of chip in bom.
- aurareturn 1y agoYes. Bigger die size. More complex memory controller designs. More memory lanes. More software support for higher memory lanes. All adds up. I'm explaining why despite memory being a commodity, high memory bandwidth VRAM cost is not cheap.
- throwaway48476 1y agoMemory controllers are copy paste. It's not more complex. It's more expensive in a linear way wrt bom.