AI buildout is now bottlenecked by DRAM, GPUs and packaging
tengyanAI · x · 2026-07-20
Tessara’s weekly AI buildout update says the physical supply chain is now the real bottleneck, not the models themselves.
- 35 of 54 tracked constraints are rated tight or worse, or 65% supply stress overall.
- The single most binding constraint is DRAM DDR5, scored at 86 and marked critical.
- Other critical pressure points include Blackwell GPUs, OSAT packaging, power transformers, FC-BGA substrates, NAND flash, and HBM3e.
- Two additional tight areas called out are indium phosphide and Chinese AI accelerators.
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