HBMMature2020
High Bandwidth Memory 2e (Enhanced)
Enhanced HBM2 used in NVIDIA A100, Google TPU v4, Intel Gaudi 2, and various HPC accelerators. Mature technology with declining demand as the industry transitions to HBM3/3e. Still in production for legacy deployments.
Bandwidth
460 GB/s
Interface
1024-bit
Max height
8-hi
Capacity/stack
8-16 GB
Process
1y nm DRAM
Voltage
1.2V
AI chips using
5
Suppliers
3
AI demand
60%
$/GB
$8.5
Suppliers
3 companies producing HBM2e
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SamsungVolumeMarket share
55%
Samsung's strongest HBM generation
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SK hynixVolumeMarket share
40%
Winding down, shifting to HBM3e
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MicronEOLMarket share
5%
End of life
Demand breakdown
Declining · legacy installations, new builds use HBM3+
AI60%
Consumer5%
Networking15%
HPC20%
Sector detail
AI training (legacy) · 40%
A100 clusters still active
AI inference · 20%
Cost-effective inference deployments
HPC / scientific · 25%
Supercomputer legacy installations
Networking · 15%
Broadcom, Marvell switching ASICs
Primary buyers
NVIDIA
Google
IntelPricing
Average selling price · year-over-year trend
Price per GB
$8.5
YoY change
-22%
Trend
Declining
Steep discounts as supply frees up
AI chips using HBM2e
5 chips from /hardware cross-linked via memoryGenerationSlug
