SK Hynix Accelerates HBM Production for AI

SK Hynix is investing in expanding its production capacity for HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) with a new packaging line in Cheongju. The company has begun ordering the necessary equipment for the new line, in response to strong demand for high-performance memory, primarily driven by artificial intelligence applications.

HBM is a type of high-performance DRAM memory used in applications requiring high bandwidth, such as GPUs for training machine learning models and inference. The increasing complexity of AI models has led to a greater demand for HBM, prompting manufacturers like SK Hynix to increase their production capacity.

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