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ASUS Rumored To Enter DRAM Market Next Year To Tackle Memory Shortages (wccftech.com)
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (3 children)

What about converting existing plants to just make different kinds of chips? Does ASUS not already fabricate their own silicon?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I could be wrong, but this'd be a first for them.

    They make plenty of things, but not the actual silicon chips.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    It may depend on your exact definition of whether they make it. I believe there are chips with Asus branding (just like I'm certain there are Lenovo-branded chips, and Asus is an ODM). I suspect they design some chips.

    However, Asus does not have their own fabs. At its core, this is where the shortage comes from. They would need to either find or build the additional fab capacity, which is a multi-year project.

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