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SK Hynix and SanDisk announce first commercial HBF (High Bandwidth Flash) specifications for AI storage, supporting up to 512GB capacity and 3TB/s bandwidth.

New AI-optimized memory/storage standard expands data center bandwidth capacity and directly addresses the memory-bandwidth bottleneck in large-scale AI workloads.
Trade pressSlicast · August 4, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
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SK Hynix and SanDisk announce first commercial HBF (High Bandwidth Flash) specifications for AI storage, supporting up to 512GB capacity and 3TB/s bandwidth.

New AI-optimized memory/storage standard expands data center bandwidth capacity and directly addresses the memory-bandwidth bottleneck in large-scale AI workloads.

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