KT, 메모리값 급등에 상생협력 프로젝트…셋톱박스 협력사 145억 지원

Surging memory prices—up 500% to exceed 100,000 won per unit—have transformed set-top box economics where memory now represents 70% of manufacturing costs instead of 10%. KT's 14.5 billion won advance payment to suppliers addresses what individual manufacturers cannot solve alone: a structural supply chain vulnerability rooted in semiconductor cost inflation. The initiative underscores a crucial shift where working capital management for critical components becomes as strategic as sourcing itself.