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Samsung HBM5 mockup debuts with new cooling to challenge SK Hynix

Samsung has unveiled a mockup of its HBM5 memory at Computex 2026, featuring a new cooling technology called Heat Path Block (HPB). This development places Samsung in direct thermal competition with SK hynix, which recently announced its own iHBM cooling design. Both companies are focusing on managing heat generated at the die-to-die interface, crucial for the increasing power demands of AI systems. Samsung plans to manufacture HBM5 using its 2nm process, aiming for mass production by 2028. AI

IMPACT Intensifies competition in AI memory, pushing thermal management innovations crucial for next-gen AI hardware performance.

RANK_REASON Product announcement of next-generation memory with novel cooling technology, indicating a competitive race in the AI hardware sector. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Samsung HBM5 mockup debuts with new cooling to challenge SK Hynix

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    Samsung shows first HBM5 mockup with Heat Path Block cooling — thermal race with SK hynix shaping up

    Samsung displayed its first physical mockup of HBM5 memory at Computex 2026 in Taipei, pairing the eighth-generation AI memory with a new in-package cooling structure.