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by westurner 176 days ago
You can look up acronyms that are contextually indicated; in this case by the word "DDR5".

HN only supports a limited number of characters in headlines.

Searching for `hbm ddr5`, for example, appears to find the definition of the acronym. Adding the word `Wikipedia` finds an article about same.

IIUC Silicon Carbide (SiC) wafers are an alternative to doped Silicon Dioxide (SiO_2) wafers, but EV chargers are built out of 6x6 SiC wafers and they're very expensive.

To move semiconductor fabrication off of scarce highly-processed commodity inputs would help to eliminate current production bottlenecks.