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SK Hynix’s aspirations for ’Merica-made HBM inch closer to reality

SK Hynix's $4B Indiana HBM fab locks in American production capacity for AI memory, breaking Korea's supply chain stranglehold on Nvidia and AMD's accelerator ecosystem.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline

SK Hynix has begun construction on a $4 billion advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, expected to reach full-scale operations by late 2028. The plant will manufacture high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a critical component for AI accelerators from Nvidia and AMD, reducing dependence on Korean suppliers. Production timing aligns with HBM4E standards and Nvidia's Rubin platform launch.

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