SK Hynix Participates in 'TSMC Technology Symposium'... Introducing HBM4 Collaboration

To Be Held on the 23rd in Santa Clara, USA
SK and TSMC Continue to Strengthen Cooperation

SK Hynix will participate in the 'TSMC 2025 Technology Symposium' held in the United States to showcase its 6th generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) called 'HBM4' and cutting-edge packaging technology.

SK Hynix Cheongju Campus. Photo by SK Hynix

According to industry sources on the 10th, SK Hynix will attend the technology symposium hosted by TSMC, the No. 1 foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) company, on the 23rd (local time) in Santa Clara, California, USA.

This event is an annual gathering where TSMC invites key partners to share their new products and technologies. SK Hynix introduced its HBM3E (5th generation) product at last year's event. This year, it plans to solidify its position as the No. 1 AI memory provider by unveiling HBM4. The collaboration status on TSMC's advanced packaging process, Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS), is also expected to be revealed.

SK Hynix has been strengthening its partnership with TSMC regarding the development and mass production of the custom product HBM4. Earlier, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for technological cooperation in April last year and agreed to utilize TSMC's foundry process for producing the logic die, which acts as the brain of HBM, starting from HBM4 to enhance performance.

Last month, SK Hynix supplied the world's first 12-layer HBM4 samples to major customers several months ahead of the original schedule and plans to commence full-scale mass production in the second half of this year. TSMC plans to hold technology symposiums in the United States starting this month, followed by Taiwan, Europe, Japan, and China until June.

Meanwhile, thanks to HBM, SK Hynix appears to have overtaken Samsung Electronics to become No. 1 in the global DRAM market. According to market research firm Counterpoint Research, SK Hynix's global DRAM market share in the first quarter of this year was 36%, surpassing Samsung Electronics' 34% for the first time. In the HBM market, SK Hynix holds an overwhelming lead with a 70% market share.

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