FMS 2024: SK hynix to Showcase Next-Gen Technology

SK hynix Inc. announced it will participate in FMS 2024, a global semiconductor memory event taking place in Santa Clara, CA, from August 6 through August 8 to showcase advancements in its memory technologies and products and present its future visions in the AI space.

The Future Memory and Storage, formerly known as the Flash Memory Summit for NAND providers mainly, was rebranded this year to invite a wider range of participants including DRAM and storage providers amid growing interest in AI technology.

SK hynix said that it will expand the scope of participation this year through display of the products, and also delivering keynote speech to introduce its future visions.

The company plans to take advantage of the event to promote its competitiveness leading the AI memory solution industry as it did with the announcement of the development of the industry’s highest 321-layer NAND at FMS last year.

Opening the event will be a keynote speech by Unoh Kwon, head of HBM process integration and Chunsung Kim, head, SSD PMO, on “AI Memory & Storage Solution Leadership and Vision for AI Era.” The 2 executives will introduce the company’s DRAM and NAND product portfolios and AI memory solutions optimized for AI implementation, respectively.

At the event, the company will display the samples of the next-gen AI memory products such as the 12-layer HBM3E, expected to be mass produced in 3Q24, and 321-high NAND planned to be shipped from 1H25.

It will also display the systems of customers completed with its flagship products to show its strong partnership with the world’s biggest technology companies.

In a bid to show its commitment to diversity, it has also decided to sponsor the FMS Super Women Conference taking on the sidelines of the event to encourage prominent female leaders in the memory industry. Haesoon Oh, head, NAND advanced process integration, and the company’s first female executive-level fellow researcher, will make a presentation on the role of diversity for future technology innovation.

“With the AI era opening in full, the importance of memory solutions, a combination of multiple products to increase performance, instead of single DRAM and NAND products, is growing,” said Justin Kim, president and head, AI infra, SK hynix. “At the FMS, we will imprint our competitiveness and technological leadership in the global market.“