Alphawave Semi has introduced a groundbreaking 9.2 Gbps HBM3E sub-system silicon platform, including PHY and Controller IP. This platform, building on the company’s established HBM3E IP, achieves an impressive chiplet-enabled memory bandwidth of 1.2 Terabytes per second (TBps). This advancement meets the growing demand for ultra-high-speed connectivity in high-performance computing (HPC) and accelerated computing for generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Recently, Alphawave Semi successfully showcased its HBM3E IP subsystem at industry events. Collaborating with Micron, channel simulations demonstrated a top-tier performance of 9.2 Gbps in an advanced 2.5D package across a complete HBM3E system. This system includes the HBM3E IP subsystem, Alphawave Semi’s innovative silicon interposer, and Micron’s HBM3E memory. The results underline the platform’s capability to significantly reduce time-to-market while delivering exceptional performance and power efficiency for data centers and HPC AI infrastructures.
The HBM3E memory solution is gaining preference in AI and HPC systems due to its superior bandwidth, latency, compact size, and power efficiency. Alphawave Semi’s customers are implementing comprehensive HBM subsystem solutions that integrate the company’s HBM PHY with a flexible, JEDEC-compliant, highly configurable HBM controller. These solutions can be optimized for specific AI and HPC workloads.
Moreover, Alphawave Semi has developed an optimized silicon interposer design to ensure best-in-class signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal performance at 9.2 Gbps. Praveen Vaidyanathan, Vice President and General Manager of Micron’s Compute Products Group, stated, “Micron is committed to advancing memory performance through our comprehensive AI product portfolio as the demand for AI continues to grow in data centers. With their end-to-end channel simulations, we are pleased to see Alphawave Semi demonstrate a performance of 9.2 Gbps for AI accelerators with HBM3E. Together, we are empowering customers to accelerate system deployment with our Micron HBM3E solutions, delivering up to 30% lower power consumption compared to competitive offerings.”
Adding to this, Mohit Gupta, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Custom Silicon and IP, Alphawave Semi, expressed, “We are excited to lead the industry in delivering a complete 9.2 Gbps HBM3E PHY and controller chiplet-enabled platform providing 1.2 TBps bandwidth, supported by channel simulations across the SoC, interposer, and Micron’s HBM3E memory. Leveraging this, along with our cutting-edge custom silicon and advanced 2.5D/3D packaging capabilities, enables Alphawave Semi to offer a significant time-to-market advantage to our hyperscaler and data center infrastructure customers for their AI-enabled systems.”
Alphawave IP Group plc (LON:AWE) is a semiconductor IP company focused on providing DSP based, multi-standard connectivity Silicon IP solutions targeting both data processing in the Datacenter and data generation by IoT end devices.
