Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business has witnessed substantial revenue growth, yet its operating profit trails that of SK Hynix. Nonetheless, Samsung maintains its leadership position in the realm of high-performance memory. In the third quarter of 2024, Samsung's fifth-generation HBM3E product commenced mass production and sales, and by the fourth quarter, it had been supplied to numerous GPU manufacturers and data centers, outperforming HBM3 in sales. Currently, the 16-layer HBM3E product is in the customer sample delivery phase, with anticipations that the sixth-generation HBM4 will enter mass production in the latter half of 2025.
