Samsung's Young-hyun Jeon: "Discussed Supplying HBM4 and HBM5 with Nvidia... Very Satisfying Cooperation Meeting"

Young-hyun Jeon, CEO and Head of the Device Solutions (DS) division (Vice Chairman) at Samsung Electronics, who leads the company's semiconductor business, met with Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, on the 8th to discuss cooperation on next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) including HBM4, HBM4E, and HBM5.

After the meeting at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, Vice Chairman Jeon spoke with reporters, saying, "We have been working together for a long time, and today was one of the best conversations we've ever had," adding, "Overall, it was a very satisfying meeting."

Regarding the meeting, he explained, "We had a wide-ranging conversation in a relaxed atmosphere," and continued, "In the short term, we discussed how to expand our cooperation on HBM4 and foundry business, and in the long term, we exchanged opinions on various collaborative measures, including joint development."

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, and Younghyun Chun, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, met on the 8th at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul to discuss the supply of HBM4E and HBM5. Samsung Electronics

Regarding the progress on HBM4E sample shipments and cooperation on HBM5, he stated, "In the short term, it is important to stably supply HBM4 and SOCAMM this year," and added, "Starting next year, we had many discussions about long-term cooperation on HBM4E, foundry business, and HBM5."

On the possibility of expanding foundry cooperation, he said, "We are currently working together in the fields of autonomous driving chips and Groq AI accelerator chips using 4-nanometer and 8-nanometer processes, and we are also discussing cooperation on next-generation products."

Regarding whether there were any new discussions about autonomous driving chips, he explained, "There is nothing new; these are matters we are currently supplying."

When asked about SK hynix being mentioned as a major memory supplier, he responded, "We will focus on doing our work diligently and will prove ourselves with results."

On whether there is a long-term supply agreement (LTA) with Nvidia, he said, "As the best partner, we will do our utmost to support Nvidia's success."

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