Seol, June 18 -- South Korean semiconductor company SK hynix is fueling the artificial intelligence (AI) race as its has officially shiped its samples of 12-layer HBM4E to major customers, as reported by Korea Herald on Thursday.

This comes approximately three weeks after Samsung Electronics claimed the industry's first such shipment. Now the comapany has pushed itself into the customer-qualification stage, as reported by Korea Herald.

SK hynix said its 12-layer part improves energy efficiency by over 20 per cent as compared with previous HBM4 generation. It delivers 48 gigabytes of capacity and pin speeds of up to 16 gigabits per second, as reported by the Korea Herald.

The South Korean semiconductor major has further applied its Adva...