Samsung Electronics will begin mass-producing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips for the booming artificial intelligence (AI) market in the second half of this year to catch up with SK hynix, the market leader in the nascent AI memory chip market, according to industry analysts, Monday. As the market for generative AI services continues to grow, HBM chips used for AI servers are gaining traction in the memory chip industry, which has been struggling with falling demand.
Samsung has introduced its latest processing-in-memory architecture or PIM. According to the firm, this new innovation is able to double the output while also significantly reducing the power draw.
Using processing-in-memory (PIM) technology, the South Korean tech giant said it integrated AI engines onto its ‘HBM2 Aquabolt , becoming the first in the industry to develop a HBM-PIM semiconductor.