Engineering Blog for High Performance Insights

MANAGEMENT BRIEF: We analyze cost down opportunities during redesign efforts. Coupling LTBs may present options that extend life and reduce product cost—maybe. Cost reduction is critical for product profitability. It ensures that investments yield high returns. During redesign efforts, we focus on identifying opportunities. The aim is to enhance efficiency while minimizing engineering redesign and manufacturing expenses. Last Time Buy (LTB) from a component manufacturer can

MANAGEMENT BRIEF: We discuss how to manage parts obsolescence. Companion to the Rationed by the Boom. From Reaction to Platform Transition Instrument “Rationed by the Boom” established the problem: AI-driven wafer allocation has sunset the memory standards beneath long-life OT platforms while those platforms sit at peak deployment, and the standard mitigations — last-time buys, qualified crosses, redesigns — each carry costs the generic playbooks understate. This brief addr

EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Legacy memory is under pressure caused by the AI boom. This paper seeks to show why this is happening and what to do about it. 172% DRAM price increase across 2025, with further rises forecast through 2026 30+ weeks Lead times for industrial-grade memory modules, up from a historical 8–10 23% Share of global DRAM wafer capacity now consumed by HBM — up from 8% The Unforeseen Inversion In the second half of 2025, a pricing anomaly appeared that appeared to