High Bandwidth Memory: The Great Awakening of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming one of the most important areas of digital expansion in history. The CEO of Applied Materials recently stated that "the war" for AI leadership will be the "biggest battle of our lifetime."1 AI promises to transform almost every industry, including healthcare (diagnosis, treatments), automotive (autonomous driving), manufacturing (robot assembly), and retail (purchasing assistance). Although the field of AI has been around since the 1950s, it was not until very recently that computing power and the methods used in AI have reached a tipping point for major disruption and rapid advancement. Both of these areas have a tremendous need for much higher memory bandwidth.