Samsung Electronics is set to commence mass production of the world’s first sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, later this month. The South Korean tech giant plans to ship HBM4 chips for use in Nvidia Corp.’s graphics processing units (GPUs) immediately after the Lunar New Year holiday. Industry sources praised Samsung’s technological competitiveness in being the first to mass-produce the high-performing HBM4.
Samsung’s move comes as the global market, currently dominated by fifth-generation HBM3E chips, anticipates HBM4 to become a pivotal technology. Nvidia is gearing up to incorporate HBM4 in its upcoming AI accelerator, Vera Rubin. Samsung has successfully completed Nvidia’s quality certification process and secured purchase orders, aligning its production schedule with Nvidia’s launch plans for Vera Rubin.
The volume of HBM4 samples supplied by Samsung for customer-side module testing has notably increased under the latest purchase order. In other news, Samsung Electronics reported a record-breaking operating profit of 20 trillion won (US$13.8 billion) for the fourth quarter, driven by a chip industry supercycle. This marked a significant over 200 percent surge from the previous year, with sales exceeding 90 trillion won for the first time.
