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title: "Chapter 5, the memory half, due 31 December 2028 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-9
description: "Chapter 5, the memory half: due 31 December 2028. The last reading, made on the same calls by the same rule."
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# Chapter 5, the memory half

Due 31 December 2028

**The test.** The last reading, made on the same calls by the same rule. It stands if the memory shortage SK hynix forecast through 2030 is still on its makers’ own calls, and weakens if it is not.

a mixed or partial reading As for the reading of 31 December 2027.

From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

**Falls due:** 31 December 2028

**Read on:** The makers’ own calls

**Chapter:** [Chapter 5 — The Island in Every Machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-5)Why every accelerator runs through Taiwan: the foundry, the packaging and the memory that are booked years ahead, and what that does to anyone arriving late with cash.

## What it names

- Party [SK](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/sk)

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- Person [Kim, Kitae](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/people#kim-kitae)
- Chapter notes [Chapter 5 — The Island in Every Machine](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-5)

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