Samsung Foundry Allocates Half of 4 nm Capacity for HBM4 Base Dies
Korean media reports Samsung Foundry is dedicating 50% of its SF4 4nm node capacity to HBM4 base die manufacturing. Customers can implement custom logic like memory controllers on the base die, reducing area on the main compute chiplet. Production is at Pyeongtaek campuses.
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