Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTSubhasree KarSat, August 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM GMT+2 5 min readThe Sandisk logo on an office building by Askar via Adobe StockArtificial intelligence (AI) is creating an unprecedented demand for faster and more efficient memory, and SanDisk Corporation (SNDK) has just taken a major step toward addressing that challenge. In partnership with SK hynix (SKHY), the company unveiled the industry's first High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) standard, a next-generation memory technology. It is designed to bridge the performance gap between high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and traditional solid-state drives (SSDs), offering bandwidth ranging from 0.4 TB/s to 3.0 TB/s and capacities of up to 512 GB.The standard adopts the industry-standard UCIe interface, enabling compatibility with GPUs and CPUs, and includes specifications for packaging, reliability, and software I/O. The companies plan to accelerate HBF adoption through its consortium with Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL), and Tenstorrent.More News from Barchart