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SK Hynix unveiled its latest memory roadmap at the AI Summit 2025, and for PC builders, the main takeaway is this: don't hold your breath for DDR6. According to the timeline, the new RAM standard isn't expected to be a significant factor for mainstream PCs until around 2030.  SK Hynix's …

Graphics card manufacturer XFX has announced that a recent revision to its Radeon RX 9060 XT has led to significant improvements in thermal and power efficiency. The change that brought about these benefits was a simple swap of the GDDR6 memory supplier from SK Hynix to Samsung. XFX (via Uniko's …

In a surprising shift, SK Hynix has officially overtaken Samsung Electronics to become the world's number one memory producer by sales. The historic moment, a first since the company's founding over four decades ago, is a direct result of the explosive demand for AI and SK Hynix's winning bet on …

Last week, reports claimed that the unannounced RTX 5050 desktop graphics card may use GDDR7 memory, potentially due to high market demand for GDDR6 memory modules. Now, the rumours have reversed course, with claims that board partners are using GDDR6 memory for upcoming RTX 5050 graphics cards.  A new report …

It's known that Nvidia has been using Micron and Samsung GDDR7 chips to power the RTX 50 series. However, a new player has now joined their ranks, with SK Hynix now supplying GDDR7 memory for newly manufactured RTX 50 series graphics cards.  It's important to clarify that Nvidia doesn't actually …

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SK Hynix has shared its plans for next-generation GDDR7 memory. According to a company representative, the production of GDDR7 is expected to commence by the beginning of 2025.  In an interview with Anandtech, an SK Hynix spokesperson stated that “the firm will not kick off mass production of their GDDR7 …

At GTC 2024, Nvidia revealed its plans for the upcoming Blackwell GPU architecture, which will feature GDDR7 memory. The event also featured the latest offerings from memory manufacturers, with Samsung leading the way. The tech giant unveiled its 28Gbps and 32Gbps memory modules, specifically designed for next-generation gaming GPUs. However, …

At SK Hynix's exhibit at GTC 2024, it was revealed that the company is gearing up to launch its first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD – the Platinum P51, which is expected to replace the Platinum P41 as the company's new flagship consumer M.2 SSD. According to Anandtech, the Platinum P51 …

Samsung and SK Hynix have much to show at the IEEE Solid State Circuit Conference (SSCC). The event, which is scheduled to run from February 18th to the 22nd in San Francisco, will see both companies showing their upcoming memory products, including GDDR7 memory, 16-layer HBM3E stacks, faster LPDDR5T and …

SK Hynix is reportedly hiring design staff for logic devices, such as CPUs and GPUs, to develop a stacking method to put HBM4 directly on top of them. This would revolutionize the foundry sector by changing how logic and memory components are coupled and manufactured. As per the same report, …

In recent months, we've heard persistent rumours that Western Digital and Kioxia were looking to merge, allowing both companies to join forces to challenge Samsung's position in the NAND market. However, according to a new report, SK Hynix, has opposed the merger and talks may have now come to an …

SK Hynix has taken centre stage at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2023, unveiling a remarkable milestone in NAND technology. The company showcased its cutting-edge 321-layer 4D NAND memory, marking a significant stride towards the industry's first NAND solution boasting over 300 layers. In a presentation at FMS 2023, SK …

SK Hynix announced the development of the world's fastest mobile DRAM – LPDDR5T, otherwise known as Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo. LPDDR5T runs at a transfer rate of 9.6Gbps, 13% faster than the LPDDR5X memory introduced in November 2022. The new LPDDR5T memory modules follow JEDEC's ultra-low voltage …

Last week, Micron stated it started shipping the first 232-layer NAND chips, putting it at the top of the memory industry. However, it turns out that SK Hynix had a big announcement of its own, introducing the world's first 238-layer NAND chips. After developing 176-layer NAND chips in December of 2020, …

Recently, Nvidia's deal to acquire Arm fell through due to on-going regulatory issues. One of the key issues with the deal was the idea of a single chip-making company owning Arm. To get around this, a consortium with multiple investors could be formed to acquire Arm instead, and SK Hynix seems keen on getting something like that rolling. 

Right when we thought that GDDR6 memory was supposed to have reached its peak, SK Hynix has created a new type of GDDR6 memory. Named GDDR6-AiM (Accelerator in Memory), this memory has computing capabilities, increasing speed in select workloads by as much as 16x. Overall, the standard is that memory …

SK Hynix, the second largest memory maker in the world, has today announced its latest NVMe PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD – the Platinum P41. The new Platinum P41 offers increased performance over the previous Gold P31 series, offering top-end PCIe 4.0 speeds.  The new SK Hynix Platinum P41 is the …

While SK Hynix planned to offer at least 665 GB/s of bandwidth with its HBM3 memory, the company has been able to handily surpass that goal. Today, SK Hynix officially announced the specifications for its HBM3 memory, with each module offering 819 GB/s of maximum bandwidth.  SK Hynix has become …

Today, SK Hynix is expanding its line-up of SSDs by introducing the new Gold P31 2TB NVMe drive. Previously, this SSD was available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, with the 2TB drive now arriving as the new flagship. The Gold P31 series SSDs are based on PCIe 3.0 technology, rather …

It was less than a year ago that SK Hynix started to mass-produced HBM2E, but the memory manufacturer is already working on the next generation of HBM memory. Named HBM3, the next-gen memory promises to deliver speeds of up to 5.2Gbps per chip, which translates into a bandwidth of over 665GB/s.

SK Hynix is already huge in the NAND flash and storage business but it is about to get bigger. Last year, the company announced plans to acquire Intel's NAND memory and storage business for $9 billion, a deal that has now been approved by regulators.  SK Hynix is acquiring Intel's NAND …

SK Hynix has started to mass-produce 18GB LPDDR5 DRAM modules for mobile devices, offering the largest capacity memory modules within the industry. Targeted at premium smartphones, SK Hynix LPDDR5 memory modules are also expected to be used by high-performance camera applications and AI. The first smartphone to feature SK Hynix LPDDR5 …

SK Hynix is already huge in the NAND flash and storage business but it is about to get bigger. Today. the company announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Intel's NAND memory and storage business for $9 billion.

After announcing plans to develop DDR5 memory back in 2018, this week, SK Hynix has announced its first DDR5 RAM modules.

Today, July 2, SK hynix has announced that it has started mass-production of high-speed DRAM,”HBM2E” – only 10 months after the company announced it had started the development process. SK hynix's HBM2E is said to support speeds of over 460 GB per second, with 1,024 I/Os – based on 3.6Gbps …

According to an update on its website blog page, SK hynix will start mass production of its 10nm-class 16Gb DDR5 memory chip this year and is expecting DDR5 to account for 22% of the total DRAM market by 2021 and up to 43% of the market by 2022. DDR5 aims …

We are all patiently waiting to see AMD's next-gen GPUs and more specifically ‘Big Navi'. There have been plenty of rumours lately regarding specs, one of which pulled SK Hynix into the conversation, forcing the company to respond and deny the rumours. One source claimed that the Radeon RX 5950 …

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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be held in Las Vegas between 7th– 10th January 2020, so we don’t have long to wait until we find out what new and innovative technology will be launching in the new year. SK hynix will be there and have some new products on …