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RAM chips are not hard to produce compared to many other types of semiconductors; Intel started in the memory game and left because the margins weren't great an
by chris_money202 1mo ago
RAM chips are not hard to produce compared to many other types of semiconductors; Intel started in the memory game and left because the margins weren't great and they were going to fold. The failure rates on these chips are actually very tolerable; you can have a very bad yield and still have a viable chip due to things like ECC.
- datakan 1mo agoIntel entered the memory space because they partnered with Micron. They left the memory space when Micron pulled out of the partnership.
- chris_money202 1mo agoIntel started making DRAM in 1970, Micron was founded in 1978.