Samsung a few days ago he announced, that it has started mass production of the second generation of 8GB HBM2 broadband memories with the fastest data transfer speed on the market. The new Aquabolt solution, which is the first industrial HBM2 with a data transfer rate of 2 gigabits per second (Gbps), is expected to accelerate the expansion of supercomputers and the graphics card market.
"With our production of the first 2,4 Gbps 8 GB HBM2, we will further strengthen our technology leadership and market competitiveness," said Jaesoo Han, executive vice president of Memory Sales & Marketing at Samsung Electronics. "We will continue to strengthen our grip on the DRAM market by ensuring a stable supply of HBM2 worldwide, in line with the timing of our customers' expected next-generation system launches."
The new 8GB HBM2 delivers the highest level of DRAM performance at 2,4 Gbps at 1,2V, a performance increase of nearly 50 percent compared to the first-generation 2GB HBM8, which reached 1,6 Gbps at voltage 1,2V and 2,0 Gbps at 1,35V.
With these improvements, the 8GB HBM2 will reach speeds of 307 gigabytes per second, making it 9,6 times faster than an 5 gigabit GDDR8 chip that provides 32GBps data bandwidth. Using four HBM2 memories in a system will enable 1,2 terabytes per second (TB/s) of bandwidth, improving overall system performance by up to 50 percent compared to a system using 1,6 Gb/s HBM2.
Samsung's Aquabolt significantly extends the company's leadership in the growth of the premium DRAM market. In addition, Samsung will continue to offer the high-end HBM2 that succeeds its first-generation HBM2 devices, the Flarebolt, and its second-generation Aquabolt as it expands the market over the next few years.
