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Comment by phkahler

4 hours ago

>> What's the main blocker (other than the current inflated cost) for using HBM instead of DRAM as the primary memory for consumer electronics?

HBM is meant to be integrated into the same package as the CPU, so no more DIMM sockets. It also has higher latency apparently.

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