Equation 6 · Part 5 · AI Memory Systems and the Bandwidth Wall in 2035: Scenarios, Signals, and Falsifiable Predictions

Symbol B_0

\tau = \frac{t_1 - t_0}{\log_2\!\left(B_1 / B_0\right)} = \frac{2025 - 2022}{\log_2(2.0 / 0.82)} \approx 2.3 \ \text{years}.

B_0

What this part means

the bandwidth at reference year $t_0$ .

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$B_0$ occurs below the fraction bar. The quantity above the bar is divided by this expression; zero is excluded as a denominator.

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where $B_0$ is the bandwidth at reference year $t_0$ and $\tau$ is the doubling time implied by the data.

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where $B_0$ is the bandwidth at reference year $t_0$ and $\tau$ is the doubling time implied by the data. Solving for $\tau$ from the two JEDEC anchor points gives $\tau = \frac{t_1 - t_0}{\log_2\!\left(B_1 / B_0\right)} = \frac{2025 - 2022}{\log_2(2.0 / 0.82)} \approx 2.3 \ \text{years}$ . Extrapolated naively, ten more years at that doubling time — roughly 4.3 further doublings — would put per-stack bandwidth near…

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[13] AI and Memory Wall ↗

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