SK hynix and SanDisk unveil first High-Bandwidth Flash memory standards at FMS 2026

SK hynix and Sandisk have introduced the industry's first standards for high-bandwidth flash (HBF), a storage technology designed to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) inference by enabling faster data transfers, similar to the role high-bandwidth memory (HBM) plays in AI systems. According to SK hynix, the two companies will unveil the standards at the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 exhibition, held in California from Tuesday through Thursday (local time). Through keynote speeches and panel discussions, they will present HBF as a key technology for addressing memory bottlenecks in the AI era. In AI accelerators, HBF is designed to sit between HBM and storage devices such as solid-state drives (SSDs). It offers significantly higher bandwidth than SSDs while retaining the large storage capacity of NAND flash memory. As AI inference drives explosive growth in the amount of data processing, HBF is drawing attention as a technology capable of delivering both high bandwidth and scalable storage capacity. The new standards came six months after SK hynix formed a consortium with Sandisk

- First HBF standard showcased within six months of consortium launch, expanding the ecosystem with participation from Google, Tenstorrent - Keynote by SK hynix Executive Vice President Kim Chun-sung and Vice President Kang Uk-song on opening day, offering solutions for next-generation AI...