Samsung Electronics ships HBM4E chip samples to global customers

May 28, 2026 7:18 PM EDT

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SEOUL, May 29 (Reuters) - ‌Samsung ​Electronics ​said on Friday it has started shipping samples of its latest ‌high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip, or the 12-layer HBM4E, ⁠marking what it said was the industry's ‌first shipment of such ‌products.

The South Korean tech company said the new chip represents a more than ​20% increase in speed performance over its previous-generation HBM4 products.

Samsung said the ⁠chip uses its latest 1c DRAM process technology, or ​sixth-generation 10-nanometer-class DRAM, alongside Samsung's 4-nanometer foundry logic base die.

The chipmaker said in ​April that it planned ‌to ship the first sample of HBM4E chips in the second ⁠quarter.

The move comes just three months after Samsung began shipping its HBM4 chips to ⁠customers in February, underscoring Samsung's efforts to strengthen ​its position in the next-generation AI memory market by proactively supplying samples of its latest products.

Samsung's ‌customers include major AI players such as AMD, Nvidia and Google, ‌among others, as demand surges for ⁠advanced memory chips ‌used in AI ​servers and processors.

(Reporting by Heekyong Yang and Jack Kim;Editing by Ed ‌Davies)



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