SK Hynix to supply industry’s best-performing DRAM to Nvidia

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is set to supply the industry’s best-performing DRAM to US graphic chipmaker Nvidia Corp. with a goal to meet increasing demand for high-end products in the information technology sector amid growth in cutting-edge businesses such as artificial intelligence.

SK Hynix, which has started the mass production of High Bandwidth Memory 3 (HBM3), decided to raise output of the chip during the first half as Nvidia is scheduled to launch its new graphic processor unit H100 in the third quarter.

Nvidia has recently completed its performance evaluation of HBM3 samples with a data speed capable of transmitting 163 full-HD movies in a single second, according to SK Hynix on Thursday. The US tech giant plans to use HBM3 for the H100 as the DRAM is expected to enhance accelerated computing performance with an 819 gigabyte (GB) data processing rate, the South Korean chipmaker said.

“The company has secured top-notch competitiveness in the premium DRAM market through its close work with NVIDIA,” said SK Hynix President Kevin Noh in a statement.

Major global IT companies have been working to process surging data more quickly amid the rapid development of high-tech sectors such as AI and big data. The trend is expected to raise demand for HBM lineups, which vertically interconnect multiple DRAM chips and dramatically increase data processing speed compared to traditional DRAM products, SK Hynix said.

The company unveiled HBM3 in October last year.

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Jongwoo Cheon edited this article.