Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asks SK Hynix to advance supply of HBM4 chips by six months

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has requested South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix to accelerate the supply of HBM4 by six months. The company has earlier announced to supply the upcoming HBM4 chips in the second half of next year. According to an IANS report, the information was disclosed by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won at the SK AI Summit recently. "Last time we met, he asked me to bring forward by six months the supply schedule of HBM4, which had already been set," Chey said.

SK Hynix is a key supplier of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips to Nvidia. In March, it became the first in the world to supply fifth-generation eight-layer HBM3E chips to Nvidia. The company recently initiated mass production ofNvidia CEO Jensen Huang asks SK Hynix to advance supply of HBM4 chips by six months its advanced 12-layer HBM3E chip.
During a session of the SK AI Summit, the Nvidia CEO stressed the partnership with SK hynix in a video message, calling the latter's development plan "super aggressive" but "super necessary." Huang's request to accelerate HBM4 chips supply highlighted the increasing demand for Nvidia's AI accelerators that rely on HBM chips for data and energy-intensive tasks.

In his keynote, Chey emphasized the trilateral partnership among SK hynix, Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in building the supply chain of the global AI chip industry. “When Nvidia comes up with new, more advanced GPUs, it requires more HBM chips,” Chey explained. “That's why SK hynix is working hard to keep up. Developing advanced HBM products and maintaining high yields is challenging, so closer cooperation with Nvidia is essential,” he added.