Nvidia provider SK Hynix begins mass manufacturing of subsequent era reminiscence chip By Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) – SK Hynix Inc mentioned on Tuesday it has begun mass manufacturing of next-generation high-bandwidth reminiscence (HBM) chips utilized in synthetic intelligence chipsets, with sources saying preliminary shipments will go to Nvidia (NASDAQ:) this month.

The brand new kind of chip – referred to as the HBM3E – is a focus of intense competitors. Final month, Micron Expertise (NASDAQ:) mentioned it had began mass manufacturing of the chips whereas Samsung Electronics (KS:) mentioned it had developed the trade’s first 12-stack HBM3E chips.

SK Hynix has, nonetheless, led the HBM chip market by advantage of being the only real provider of the model at present used – the HBM3 – to Nvidia which has 80% of the marketplace for AI chips.

“The corporate expects profitable mass manufacturing of HBM3E and with our expertise… because the trade’s first supplier of HBM3, we anticipate to cement our management within the AI reminiscence house,” SK Hynix mentioned in an announcement.

The brand new HBM3E chip by the world’s second-largest reminiscence chipmaker provides 10% enchancment in warmth dissipation and processes as much as 1.18 terabytes of information per second.

SK Hynix’s HBM capability is absolutely booked for 2024, analysts mentioned, as explosive demand for AI chipsets drives up demand for high-end reminiscence chips utilized in them.

“SK Hynix has secured an absolute market place… and its quantity improve in high-end reminiscence chips can be anticipated to be probably the most aggressive amongst chipmakers,” mentioned Kim Un-ho, analyst at IBK Funding & Securities.

Nvidia unveiled on Monday its newest flagship AI chip, the B200, mentioned to be 30 instances speedier at some duties than its predecessor because it seeks to take care of its dominant place within the artificial-intelligence trade.

Shares in SK Hynix have doubled in worth over the previous 12 months on its main place in HBM chips.