AI Demand Fuels Tight Memory Chip Supply Through 2024
High-bandwidth memory chip shortages expected to persist as tech giants race to advance AI capabilities.
- Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron report nearly sold-out stocks of high-bandwidth memory chips for 2024 and 2025.
- AI applications like large language models drive significant demand for high-performance memory chips.
- SK Hynix plans to introduce HBM4E by 2026, promising increased bandwidth and power efficiency.
- Samsung and SK Hynix are expanding production capacities to meet soaring demand.
- Tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are heavily investing in AI infrastructure, intensifying competition for memory chips.