Samsung Unveils New High-Bandwidth Memory Chip with Integrated AI Processing
Feb. 17, 2021The new memory chip is officially called HBM-PIM, where PIM stands for processing in-memory architecture. How is it different from existing chip solutions? Samsung, in its official blog post, has explained that the von Neumann architecture uses separate processor and memory units for data processing tasks.
This method, the company says, could result in “a system-slowing bottleneck” due to the constant back and forth of data between the two units. Samsung has tried to solve this very issue with its new HBM-PIM chip. The installation of a DRAM-optimized AI engine inside the memory bank“enables parallel processing and minimizes data movement,”as per the blog post.
