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Recently, Li Xixi, CEO of SK Hynix, analyzed the future prospects of the memory industry at different points in time. He particularly emphasized that the growth in the number of ultra-large-scale data centers in the next few years will play a leading role in the formation of storage requirements.

Bloomberg reported on the 22nd that Lee Seok-hee, CEO of SK Hynix, mentioned in a speech on the 21st that new technologies such as 5G networks, artificial intelligence, and autonomous driving will cause exponential growth in data volume and bandwidth. By 2025, the number of hyperscale data centers will triple to 1,060. And this type of data center is the foundation of social networking sites, online games, and smart factories. He said: "The total amount of structured and unstructured data is expected to grow exponentially. Looking at the DRAM and NAND flash capacity requirements of each data center, the numbers are amazing."

According to Yonhap News Agency, Li Xixi also analyzed the future direction of the memory industry at the seminar on the 22nd. He said that in the era of digital transformation, the role of memory will be further amplified, and the demand for memory stability will also increase. The memory industry will face challenges in the next ten years, and new technologies will be needed to develop DRAM processes below 10 nanometers and allow NAND stacks to exceed 600 layers. Li Xixi introduced that SK Hynix has adopted extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology and developed advanced photoresist materials with partners.

In addition, Li Xixi predicts that memory will be combined with CPU in ten years. In order to overcome the limitation of memory performance, memory will be combined with logic chips in the future, and some CPU computing functions will be added to DRAM.