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Technologies not yet proven as viable HBM alternatives

Intel’s XBM patent proposes an HBM alternative that uses backend-transistor DRAM, UCIe chiplet links, and repair logic to reduce packaging costs and complexity.

AI & Enterprise Qualcomm unveils 'High Bandwidth Compute' as HBM alternative, enters AI chip race AI Summary Qualcomm is stepping up its return to the data centre AI chip market with a new memory architecture using LPDDR instead of high-bandwidth memory (HBM). It unveiled High Bandwidth Compute and plans to launch its AI250 inference accelerator in mid-2027. Qualcomm says the near-memory design c