Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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When you buy a smartphone, you feel like you have endless choices: Apple, Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, OnePlus. But this is an illusion. If you crack open those phones and look at the DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)—the short-term memory that allows the device to actually function—you will find that ~95% of the global supply comes from just three companies: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.

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