According to the new report, AMD might have trouble sourcing 2nd-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) and might even lose more customers to Nvidia.

While it might have been the first company to come up with a graphics card with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), the Radeon R9 Fury X, AMD might be in trouble when it comes to sourcing the second-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2), according to a report from Tweaktown.com, citing industry sources.

According to the same report, AMD might have trouble using HBM2 next year and it appears that Nvidia might take the bulk of High Bandwidth Memory supply. AMD's next generation GPUs have already been rumored to use 8GB or 16GB of HBM2 but might end up stuck with lower HBM2 yields. AMD might be forced to use HBM2 on its next-generation high-end graphics cards while mid-range lineup could end up with HMB1, something that could work well for AMD.

According to earlier rumors, Nvidia might use both Samsung as well as SK Hynix for its supply of HBM2 chips, while AMD might stick with only SK Hynix supply. Of course, AMD might have priority when it comes to supply from SK Hynix as it was their first customer but Nvidia could end up with an upper hand.

While 4GB of High Bandwidth Memory might have been enough on the Radeon Fury X, it was not enough for 4K gaming and both AMD and Nvidia need more than 4GB of HBM2 on their next-gen high-end graphics cards.

We will probably hear a lot more about HBM2 as well as Nvidia and AMD next-gen graphics cards by the end of the year and at CES 2016 show in January.



Source: Tweaktown.com.