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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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Memory chips are in high demand, making them a bottleneck in the booming market for artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

One potential bottleneck could be a lack of high-voltage transmission lines that carry electricity from power plants over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Genetic studies suggest modern humans spread into different parts of the world roughly 100,000 years ago and later experienced what scientists call a genetic bottleneck.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

“Even though there’s more capex coming, there’s a memory bottleneck along with a data-center buildout bottleneck,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Bombarding the waste uranium with neutrons would allow the United States to “break the bottleneck of this raw material problem,” he promised.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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