Nvidia apparently stopped bundling VRAM chips with the GPU dies it ships to board partners because memory suppliers like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix can't keep up with AI demand. According to leaker Golden Pig Upgrade, the company told its AIBs they need to source their memory themselves going forward. Big manufacturers probably won't sweat this much, but smaller vendors without solid supplier connections are gonna get wrecked trying to secure GDDR6 and GDDR7 stock.
The memory crunch hits both system RAM and graphics memory across current-generation cards from AMD and Nvidia. Samsung kicked off mass production of 3GB GDDR7 modules running at 28 Gbps, but those chips will likely land on RTX 50 Super cards that got pushed back because of the same shortage problems.
The memory crunch hits both system RAM and graphics memory across current-generation cards from AMD and Nvidia. Samsung kicked off mass production of 3GB GDDR7 modules running at 28 Gbps, but those chips will likely land on RTX 50 Super cards that got pushed back because of the same shortage problems.
