By Agency Staff
Seoul — Samsung Electronics plans to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips to OpenAI for use in the ChatGPT maker’s first in-house AI processor, the Korean Economic Daily said on Thursday.
Last year, Samsung signed a letter of intent to supply memory chips for OpenAI’s data centre to meet rising demand from its Stargate project.
Samsung plans to supply up to 800-million gigabits (Gb) of 12-layer HBM4 chips to OpenAI in the second half of this year, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed industry sources.
The HBM4 chips will be paired with OpenAI’s first AI processor, a custom chip developed in collaboration with Broadcom and expected to be manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) starting in the third quarter, with a launch targeted by year-end, the report added.
Last year, OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services.
Samsung and Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic partnership on memory chip supplies for AI infrastructure, under which Samsung will serve as a key supplier of HBM4 chips for AMD’s upcoming AI GPUs.
Samsung Electronics declined to comment, and OpenAI was not immediately available for comment outside regular business hours.
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