Samsung reportedly to begin mass production of HBM4 this month for Nvidia's next-generation AI computing platform

Glonghui, February 8th｜Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to begin mass production of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) after the Lunar New Year holiday, which will be used in Nvidia's next-generation artificial intelligence computing platform, Vera Rubin. According to Yonhap News Agency, citing sources in the semiconductor industry, Samsung has decided to start mass production of HBM4 as early as the third week of this month. After passing Nvidia's certification tests, Samsung has comprehensively considered the launch schedule of Vera Rubin and finalized the mass production plan. This will mark the world's first mass production and shipment of HBM4. The industry expects Nvidia to unveil products equipped with Samsung HBM4 for the first time at its annual developer conference (GTC) next month. Samsung's HBM4 offers a data processing speed of up to 11.7Gbps, a significant improvement over the 8Gbps standard set by the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association.