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NVIDIA might soon put Samsung’s HBM3E chips out of their misery

NVIDIA needs all the high-bandwidth memory HBM3E it can get. There's insatiable demand for its AI accelerators and it can't make them fast enough. It's primarily sourcing HBM3E chips from SK Hynix and even though Samsung has been in the running for some time now, its chips haven't yet been able to meet NVIDIA's requirements. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
2 weeks ago

Samsung hints its flagship HBM3E chips being approved by Nvidia

Samsung announced its earnings for the third quarter earlier today. A large part of its earnings call was spent discussing memory chips since those are considered the company's biggest source of profit. However, the company had problems getting its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips approved by Nvidia, the world's biggest AI chip firm. Now, the company […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung’s HBM3E chips reportedly clear Nvidia’s tests, crossing major milestone

Samsung has been having problems getting its HBM chips cleared by Nvidia. A few weeks ago, the company's HBM3 chips received Nvidia's certification for the Chinese market. Now, Reuters is reporting that Samsung's HBM3E (fifth-generation HBM) chips have received Nvidia's certification, clearing a major milestone. Samsung's 8-layer HBM3E chips reportedly receive Nvidia certification A new […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

NVIDIA’s AI chip delays could be beneficial for Samsung

NVIDIA is the world's leading supplier of AI accelerators. It has a borderline monopoly on the market right now as it accounted for 97.2% of the sector last year. The company has invested considerably in its next-gen AI accelerators to maintain this dominance even as rivals amp up their efforts for a piece of the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

US and China fight could hit Samsung’s AI cash cow hard

Tech companies are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate the geopolitical tensions between the United States and China. The former has imposed many export restrictions and sanctions on the latter's entities, making it difficult for companies operating in the US and elsewhere to sell their products to Chinese companies. A similar move may be on […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

Samsung’s chip boss tore employees a new one in unusually harsh memo

It's unusual to hear about leaders at Samsung providing sharp criticism to entire departments even as the company faces headwinds in many of its crucial business segments. The business culture there is different compared to what we're used to in the west, which is why an unusually harsh memo written by the head of Samsung's […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

Samsung’s HBM memory chip sales rise by 50% at a crucial time

Samsung, the world's biggest memory chip maker, faced the worst period in its history last year. It faced losses due to a slump in the memory segment and lower memory chip prices. It also faced difficulties in selling its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips to Nvidia, the biggest AI firm. However, its worst days are over, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung’s profit rises 14.5x amid AI chip boom

After announcing its revenue estimates earlier this month, Samsung has announced its financial results for the second quarter of this year. The South Korean firm reported a 23.42% rise in revenue and a meteoric rise of 1,458% in operating profit in Q2 2024 compared to last year. These better-than-expected numbers are due to the rise […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung might supply HBM3E chips to Nvidia later this year

Ever since the AI boom started a few years ago, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips have been in high demand. Despite being the world's biggest memory chip maker, Samsung faced difficulties getting HBM chips certified by Nvidia. the world's biggest AI chip firm. However, Samsung could soon get Nvidia's certification for its HBM3E chips. Samsung's HBM3E […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Samsung on alert as major chip rival seeks to poach top talent

SK Hynix got the jump on Samsung in the high-bandwidth memory segment and even as Samsung tries to fight back with its HBM3E products, SK Hynix is going full steam ahead with its plans to further dominate this industry. To that end, the company is going on a hiring spree for 48 new HBM-related positions […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 months ago

Samsung consolidates various HBM teams into one

For the last couple of years, artificial intelligence or AI has been the buzzword in the technology industry. It gained popularity with the rise of GenAI-powered chatbots, such as Google’s Gemini, Microsoft’s Copilot, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. In most cases, these chatbots process user requests on cloud-based servers powered by hardware components that specialize in carrying […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

NVIDIA confirms Samsung’s high-bandwidth memory is still being tested

NVIDIA needs a lot of high-bandwidth memory chips, particularly HBM3Es, which are used for its current and next-generation AI chips. As one of the world's leading suppliers of AI chips, you can imagine that NVIDIA has considerable demand for HBM3E modules. SK Hynix has emerged as a leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory to NVIDIA. Samsung […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 months ago

Samsung wants you to know its chips are not failing NVIDIA’s tests

NVIDIA is one of the world's leading suppliers of AI chips. This means it requires a lot of high-bandwidth memory chips, the kind that Samsung makes. Samsung was expected to be the sole supplier of high-performance HBM3E chips to NVIDIA this year, but a new report suggested that perhaps not all is well with Samsung's […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 months ago

Samsung replaces its semiconductor chip boss amid hightened competition in AI era

Amid heightened competition in the semiconductor chip business, Samsung has appointed Jun Young-hyun as the new head of the Samsung Device Solutions (DS) business arm. He replaces Kyung Kye-hyun, who became the head of the company's chip division two years ago. This replacement is highly unusual as Samsung usually reshuffles the heads of its business […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

AMD will pay Samsung $3 billion for a crucial part used in AI chips

Companies making AI semiconductors need a lot of high-bandwidth memory chips, and Samsung has advanced memory chips to sell. The company has been winning major orders from leading companies as it seeks to establish a dominant position in the HBM3E segment, where local rival SK Hynix has gained a considerable market share. A news report […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 months ago

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