“New Design Needed… We Can Do It”
“Planning to Meet SK Chairman Chey Tae-won Soon”,
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivering a keynote speech in Las Vegas on January 6 (local time), a day before the opening of CES 2025. Yonhap News,
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, ‘NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang expressed confidence in Samsung Electronics’ high-bandwidth memory (HBM) saying, “It is currently being tested, and we are sure it will be successful.”’,
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, ‘CEO Huang made this announcement during a global press conference at a hotel in Las Vegas, where the CES 2025 electronics and IT exhibition is being held.’,
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, ‘He stated, “The first HBM memory NVIDIA used was made by Samsung,” and added, “They will recover.”’,
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, ‘HBM is a high-value, high-performance product that innovatively enhances data processing speed by vertically connecting multiple DRAMs. While SK Hynix supplies 5th generation HBM (HBM3E) to NVIDIA, Samsung’s 5th generation HBM is still in the testing phase.’,
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, ‘Previously, CEO Huang had also mentioned during NVIDIA’s annual developer conference in March last year that Samsung’s HBM was being tested.’,
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, ‘When asked why the testing is taking so long, CEO Huang said, “Korea wants to hurry; that’s a good thing,” and added, “It’s not taking too long.” He further explained, “Samsung needs a new design, and they can do it. They are working very quickly and are very dedicated.”’,
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, ‘Regarding why Samsung and SK Hynix memory is not included in the newly unveiled GeForce RTX 50 graphics processing unit (GPU), he said, “I don’t know why. It’s probably not a big reason.” He added, “As you know, Samsung and SK are among NVIDIA’s largest suppliers. They are excellent memory companies, and I hope they continue to succeed.”’,
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, ‘The day before, during his keynote at CES 2025, CEO Huang had mentioned that the RTX 50 would include American semiconductor company Micron’s graphic DRAM (GDDR7).’,
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, ‘When asked whether he plans to meet SK Chairman Chey Tae-won during CES, CEO Huang replied, “I plan to meet him and am looking forward to it.” Chairman Chey is visiting Las Vegas for CES.