Samsung HBM2 supply doubles but still not enough to meet demand

Posted on Wednesday, June 27 2018 @ 10:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Over at ISC18, Samsung made some comments about why HBM2 remains so expensive. Basically, the firm said that it could manufacture twice the HBM2 it produces today, and it would still not be enough to meet demand.

At the moment, there are very few consumer applications that use HBM2. AMD uses it for its Vega-based video cards, and NVIDIA has the expensive TITAN V, but it's mainly used for HPC applications. It doesn't look like we're going to see new consumer cards with HBM2 in the near future, if ever. NVIDIA's next-gen lineup will adopt GDDR6 and AMD's Navi, which will succeed Polaris, is unlikely to use HBM2.

Samsung could manufacture 2x the HBM2 and it would still not be enough to satisfy market demand. No wonder it’s so expensive! #ISC18 pic.twitter.com/QoF4EtMasW
— Glenn K. Lockwood (@glennklockwood) June 25, 2018

Via: TPU

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