# What Is High-Bandwidth Memory and When Does It Make Sense?

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-high-bandwidth-memory-and-when-does-it-make-sense/4026
**Category:** Tracking with Closeups
**Tags:** high-bandwidth-memory, semiconductor-manufacturing
**Created:** [24 November 2023 17:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-high-bandwidth-memory-and-when-does-it-make-sense/4026 "2023-11-24T17:01:01Z")
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### Author: ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [24 November 2023 17:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-high-bandwidth-memory-and-when-does-it-make-sense/4026/1 "2023-11-24T17:01:01Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/5/0/507dab92b673ece9afc4a27ef48a394ce6191e77.jpeg "The Special Memory Powering the AI Revolution") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAw63F1W_Us)

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### Author: ![jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/jabowery/32/5478_2.png) [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)
#### Post date: [28 November 2023 01:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-high-bandwidth-memory-and-when-does-it-make-sense/4026/2 "2023-11-28T01:24:26Z")

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[The Hardware Lottery](https://hardwarelottery.github.io/) is still paying off big time for the GPU path dependency but while starving architectures that are needed to recognize that the neocortex is almost all wires with the vast majority of the processing elements at the surface neuron layers. Keep on the look out for data efficient learning algorithms like those the Hutter Prize is geared to reward with its single CPU restriction and 1GB training data.

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### Author: ![Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/citizen_bitcoin/32/19488_2.png) [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)
#### Post date: [29 June 2026 03:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-is-high-bandwidth-memory-and-when-does-it-make-sense/4026/3 "2026-06-29T03:42:51Z")

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> JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Apple $AAPL is seeking President Trump's administration approval to purchase memory chips from Chinese company CXMT, despite its US blacklist status over alleged military ties, FT reports.
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