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title: "South Korean Tech Giants Commit Over $550B to Ease 'RAMageddon'"
source: "TechCrunch：AI（RSS）"
source_tier: "t2"
url: "https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/south-korean-tech-giants-commit-over-550b-to-ease-ramageddon/"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_5442c22415ccc76e73391c5b"
published: "2026-06-29T18:07:48.000Z"
score: 51
channel: "tech"
tags: ["AI Compute","HBM","SK Hynix","Samsung","Semiconductor Manufacturing"]
---

# South Korean Tech Giants Commit Over $550B to Ease 'RAMageddon'

## At a glance

South Korea's two largest memory chip giants (Samsung and SK Hynix) announce over $550 billion in investment to build more memory fabs, addressing the global memory shortage caused by the AI computing boom. This move aims to solidify South Korea's position as an AI tech powerhouse and alleviate the 'RAMageddon' crisis driven by surging demand for HBM and other high-bandwidth memory.

## Key points

- Samsung and SK Hynix commit over $550B to build new memory fabs
- Aiming to alleviate shortages of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI training and inference
- South Korean government supports the plan to become a global AI hardware supply chain hub

## Full text

The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.

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