SK hynix Inc. announced today that it has begun volume production of HBM3E1, the newest AI memory product with ultra-high performance, for supply to a customer from late March. The company made public its success with the HBM3E development just seven months ago.
SK hynix being the first provider of HBM3E, a product with the best performing DRAM chips, extends its earlier success with HBM3. The company expects a successful volume production of HBM3E, along with its experiences also as the industry’s first provider of HBM3, to help cement its leadership in the AI memory space.
In order to build a successful AI system that processes a huge amount of data quickly, a semiconductor package should be composed in a way that numerous AI processors and memories are multi-connected. Global big tech companies have been increasingly requiring stronger performance of AI semiconductor and SK hynix expects its HBM3E to be their optimal choice that meets such growing expectations.
The latest product is the industry’s best in all the aspects required for an AI memory including speed and heat control. It processes up to 1.18TB of data per second, equivalent to processing more than 230 full-HD movies (5GB each), in a second.
As AI memory operates at an extremely high speed, controlling heat is another key qualification required for AI memories. SK hynix’s HBM3E also comes with a 10% improvement in heat-dissipation performance, compared with the previous generation, following application of the advanced MR-MUF2 process.
Sungsoo Ryu, Head of HBM Business at SK hynix, said that mass production of HBM3E has completed the company’s lineup of industry-leading AI memory products. “With the success story of the HBM business and the strong partnership with customers that it has built for years, SK hynix will cement its position as the total AI memory provider.”