NVIDIA CEO Requests SK Hynix To Initiate HBM4 Delivery “Six Months” Earlier, Saying There Is Desperate Need Of Accelerated Performance

NVIDIA’s CEO has requested SK Hynix to speed up the delivery of next-gen HBM4 memory by up to six months, as Team Green can’t wait for the next phase of AI.

NVIDIA Plans To Present AI Solutions Based On HBM4 Much Quicker Than Competitors, Ultimately Capitalizing On The Hype

For those unaware, HBM4 is probably seen as the “gateway” towards moving into the next era of AI computational power, mainly since the memory type is expected to be developed to allow manufacturers to significantly upscale the capabilities of future AI products. In a new report by Reuters, NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang has formally requested SK Hynix’s Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, at the SK AI Summit held in Seoul, to initiate the delivery of HBM4 memory six months before the expected delivery times in an attempt to have an early lead on the process.

SK Hynix has said that HBM4 is originally scheduled for delivery by H2 2025, so Jensen is probably looking to get hands-on with the memory chips at the beginning of 2025.

The reason behind the request hasn’t been specified yet, but it is likely a “precautionary” move by NVIDIA, given that the integration of HBM4 in next-gen architectures, notably Rubin, will bring in manufacturing complexities since HBM4 is “much more” important component for next-gen AI GPUs, NVIDIA is eager to avoid any sort of design flaws with the release of Rubin, to prevent what it had encountered with Blackwell.

HBM4 is also called a “multi-functional” HBM memory since, with this particular standard, the industry has decided to integrate memory and logic…