Core Viewpoint - The price of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is expected to rise significantly, with SK Hynix confirming that the price for HBM4 will be approximately $560, over 50% higher than the current HBM3E price of around $370. This price increase raises concerns about dependency on high-end HBM, especially amid export controls affecting China. Huawei's newly open-sourced Unified Cache Manager (UCM) technology may provide a solution to mitigate this dependency by optimizing data management across different storage mediums [1][5]. Group 1: HBM Market Dynamics - SK Hynix leads the global HBM market with a 62% shipment share, followed by Micron Technology at 21% and Samsung Electronics at 17% [4]. - HBM4, the sixth generation of HBM, features a 2048-bit interface and up to 16 layers of stacking, targeting bandwidth exceeding 2 TB/s and capacity of 64GB [4]. - The integration of HBM directly with processors, including potential use of photonic technology, is being explored to enhance speed and efficiency [4]. Group 2: Huawei's Technological Innovations - Huawei's UCM technology allows for tiered caching of memory data based on usage frequency, which can optimize the efficiency of HBM and reduce costs [1][5]. - UCM architecture includes several key modules that enhance capabilities such as sparse attention and context window expansion, achieving up to 90% reduction in latency for the first token and a 22-fold increase in system throughput [1]. - Huawei has also developed its own HBM variants, HiBL 1.0 and HiZQ 2.0, which are designed to lower costs compared to high-performance HBM3e/4e, particularly for inference and recommendation scenarios [6].