"No AI Advancement Without Samsung Electronics"...NVIDIA CEO Signs Approval for 12-Stack HBM

Jensen Huang Visits Samsung Electronics GTC Booth
"Final Test Completed" Interpretation

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited the Samsung Electronics exhibition booth at the 'GTC 2024' event held in San Jose, USA, on the 20th (local time), stating, "There is no advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) without Samsung Electronics." After seeing Samsung's latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) product, HBM3E, he signed next to the product and wrote "JENSEN APPROVED."

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang leaving a signature next to Samsung Electronics HBM3E / Photo by Kim Pyeonghwa

In the afternoon, CEO Huang spent over 10 minutes inspecting the Samsung Electronics booth. Despite the crowd making movement difficult, he spent time at the booth shaking hands with employees and taking photos.

According to a Samsung Electronics official present at the scene, he said, "Memory is very important to NVIDIA, and I know Samsung Electronics is the number one company in the memory field." He also praised the company, saying, "There is no AI advancement without Samsung Electronics."

He asked where the HBM3E product was, and after seeing the product in person, he signed next to it, showing his interest. Since the phrase "approved" was included next to the signature, his visit has attracted industry attention. Some have even suggested that this could be interpreted as meaning the final testing of HBM3E has been completed.

The day before, during a press conference with global media, when asked whether NVIDIA was using Samsung Electronics' HBM, Huang said, "We are not using it yet," and added, "We are qualifying the product." Samsung Electronics announced last month that it had succeeded in developing 12-layer HBM3E and plans to mass-produce it in the first half of the year.

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