They use HBM (High Bandwidth Memory). PCs, laptops and phones don’t use this type of RAM.

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    But what is motivating RAM manufacturers to sign that contract? Why can the commenter above figure it out, but they can’t?

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      Because the contract would be an agreement for the purchasing company to pay for the products they ordered to be manufactured.

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          19 hours ago

          Are you? A purchase order is a contract between two parties for one party to purchase the future production output of the other.

          This is how a lot of businesses operate. None of us have seen the contracts, but do you honestly think the legal and financial people at the chip fab would agree to a contract where they’re stuck holding the bag?