Seoul, Dec. 6 -- Samsung Electronics has entered the final stage of certifying its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, with industry watchers now looking to Nvidia for a year-end approval, as per a report by The Korea Herald.

Citing industry sources on Thursday, the news report noted that Samsung has completed production readiness approval for its HBM4 chips, considered the final internal hurdle before mass production. As the company is currently supplying HBM4 samples to major customers for quality testing, analysts expect the chips could clear final verification as early as this month.

"Samsung has already provided HBM4 samples using 1c DRAM technology and a 4-nanometer logic die to major tech companies, and no quality issue...