# Samsung Electronics, on Thursday, announced its strategy to prioritize high-value memory products, specifically high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and server chips.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-30 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- Samsung is ramping up sixth-generation HBM4 production, with mass shipments starting in February.
- Samples of Samsung's seventh-generation HBM4E chips will be shipped in the second quarter.
- Customers are pre-ordering next year's HBM inventories, anticipating even more severe shortages.
- Samsung's Texas plant is being positioned for 2-nanometer process production and involves major customers like Tesla.
- Samsung's R&D and capital expenditure will exceed 110 trillion won for the first time this year.

**Companies:** Samsung Electronics
**Countries:** South Korea, United States

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