Kim Cheon-sung, SK hynix Vice President in charge of eSSD Product Development, delivers a presentation. (Photo provided by SK hynix)
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix is positioning itself to expand its presence in next-generation data center technologies, unveiling a new lineup of NAND storage products tailored for artificial intelligence workloads at a major industry gathering in California.
Speaking at the 2025 Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose, Kim Cheon-sung, head of eSSD product development, introduced the company’s new AI-NAND (AIN) product family, which aims to boost speed, bandwidth, and storage density to meet rapidly growing AI demands.
The lineup includes:
• AIN P (Performance): Designed to reduce bottlenecks between AI processors and storage systems, improving processing speed and energy efficiency for large-scale inference workloads. Samples are slated for release late next year.
• AIN D (Density): A high-capacity storage solution optimized for massive AI data retention — offering petabyte-scale capacity while balancing SSD-level performance and HDD-like cost efficiency for secondary storage.
• AIN B (Bandwidth): A stacked-NAND technology modeled after high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI chips. SK hynix calls the approach HBF (High-Bandwidth Flash), and is working with Western Digital’s SanDisk unit on standardization.
An employee working at a semiconductor fab (factory) (Image courtesy of SK hynix)
The company highlighted its aim to expand the HBF ecosystem, hosting an “HBF Night” event during the summit to court industry partners.
“With OCP Global Summit, we showcased where SK hynix stands today as a global AI memory solutions provider — and where we’re headed next,” said Ahn Hyun, chief development officer. “We intend to play a central role in future AI storage markets through deeper collaboration with customers and partners.”
The announcement underscores intensifying competition among memory makers as AI continues to reshape the architecture of cloud infrastructure and data centers worldwide.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
