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Will Google’s TurboQuant algorithm hurt AI demand for memory chips?

More efficient artificial intelligence could mean even greater need for semiconductors, say experts

Samsung Electronics’ blowout first quarter has eased investor concerns that a new Google algorithm might threaten the AI-driven boom in South Korea’s memory chip industry.

Citing an “unprecedented supercycle” in the memory chip market, Samsung this week estimated higher profits in a single quarter than in the whole of last year, with no sign that memory was becoming less of a bottleneck for AI companies.

The earnings guidance sent Samsung shares close to all-time highs and eased two weeks of anxiety sparked by TurboQuant, a technology outlined in a Google Research blog post in late March, which promises to drastically reduce the amount of memory required for AI.

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