Samsung stock surges after shipping next-generation AI memory chip samples to customers

The HBM4E delivers speeds of up to 16 Gbps and 3.6 TB/s of memory bandwidth, a more than 20% improvement over its predecessor

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Samsung Electronics began shipping samples of its HBM4E high-bandwidth memory chip to major global customers on Thursday, becoming the first company to distribute the next-generation AI memory product.

The 12-layer chip delivers a stable pin speed of 14 gigabits-per-second, with performance scalable to 16 Gbps, representing a more than 20% increase over Samsung's HBM4, the company said. Memory bandwidth reaches up........

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