Seoul, Nov. 11 -- Google's expansion of its custom artificial intelligence (AI) chip business to external customers could create new opportunities for South Korean memory makers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to secure demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) beyond Nvidia's dominant graphics processing unit (GPU) ecosystem, according to a news report by The Korea Herald.

The US technology major is expanding sales of its tensor processing units (TPUs) to cloud providers and companies building AI infrastructure, potentially giving Korean memory suppliers access to a wider customer base.

Google said it now has nearly 100 TPU customers, including companies deploying the processors in their own data centres. Oracle also plans to offer Googl...