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first_img South Korea's budget for each NVIDIA Vera Rubin rack is 27.5 billion won

According to Money Today, the South Korean government has budgeted 27.5 billion Korean won per rack for NVIDIA's next-generation AI chip Vera Rubin, which is higher than previous estimates by foreign media. The Ministry of Science and ICT's budget for GPU server expansion next year is 3.85 trillion Korean won, all allocated for the procurement of 140 Vera Rubin NVL72 server racks. Each NVL72 rack is equipped with 72 Rubin GPUs and 36 Vera CPUs, totaling 10,080 Rubin GPUs. This batch is independent of the 52,000 advanced GPUs announced by the ministry to be acquired by 2028, and the actual supply may be adjusted according to NVIDIA's delivery situation.The budget of 27.5 billion Korean won per rack is significantly higher than foreign media predictions. U.S. investment bank Bernstein's June report estimated the cost of a Vera Rubin NVL72 rack at 9.1 million dollars (approximately 12.3 billion Korean won), while Morgan Stanley estimated it at about 7.8 million dollars (approximately 10.5 billion Korean won). The government stated that the budget has taken into account potential price increases due to GPU shortages and the costs of supporting facilities. This batch of chips will be used for the development of next-generation cutting-edge models such as general artificial intelligence. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Lee Kyung-sook mentioned in June that creating a model on par with Anthropic's large model Mythos would require about 10,000 Vera Rubins, and this scale of 140 units is comparable.

first_img SK Hynix accelerates the expansion of its 1c DRAM market share, becoming the main force by early next year

According to the Chosun Ilbo report on September 7, SK Hynix is accelerating the increase of the production share of 10-nanometer sixth-generation (1c) DRAM. Industry data shows that its 1c DRAM share rose from about 10% in the first quarter of this year to about 13% in the second quarter, and is expected to reach about 24% in the third quarter and about 34% in the fourth quarter; it may rise to about 35% in the first quarter of next year, surpassing 1b (about 33%) for the first time and becoming the main process. The share of 1b (10-nanometer fifth-generation) DRAM peaked at about 43% in the second quarter of this year and has since begun to decline.By the end of the second quarter, Samsung Electronics had a 1c share of about 16% and Micron about 19%, both higher than SK Hynix's approximately 13%. Reports indicate that SK Hynix is accelerating the transition in the second half of the year, and in the fourth quarter, it may exceed Samsung Electronics' approximately 31% with about 34%. SK Hynix stated in its second-quarter earnings call that the supply of DRAM using the 1c process will substantially begin from the second quarter, and in the second half of the year, with the ramp-up of HBM4 and increased shipments of 1c general DRAM, the bit growth rate will be higher than in the first half.Samsung Electronics will use 1c DRAM starting with HBM4, with a running speed of about 11.7Gbps; SK Hynix previously prioritized ensuring mass production stability with verified 1b DRAM and advanced MR-MUF packaging, and will use 1c DRAM for the first time as the core chip for HBM starting with the next generation HBM4E. Counterpoint Research and others estimate that this year, the market share of HBM4 under the combined metrics of Nvidia, Google, and AMD is approximately 50% for SK Hynix in the mid-range, 20% for Samsung Electronics in the later range, and 10% for Micron in the later range.
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