Samsung announced that it has developed the “industry’s first” LPDDR5X with support for speeds of up to 10.7 Gbps. The achievement was made by leveraging 12nm-class process technology, allowing it to also claim that it has achieved the smallest chip size among existing LP DDR5X modules.
“As demand for low-power, high-performance memory increases, LPDDR DRAM is expected to expand its applications from mainly mobile to other areas that traditionally require higher performance and reliability such as PCs, accelerators, servers and automobiles,” YongCheol Bae, Executive Vice President of Memory Product Planning of the Memory Business at Samsung Electronics, says. “Samsung will continue to innovate and deliver optimized products for the upcoming on-device AI era through close collaboration with customers.”
At 10 Gbps, the new LPDDR5X is 25% faster and more powerful than current LPDDR5X modules. Additionally, it also boast 30% higher capacity than the previous generation, expanding the single package capacity of mobile DRAM up to 32GB. Further, these new memory chips offer better power efficiency than it predecessors by up to 25%, which would enable batteries in devices to sustain themselves for longer.
Mass production of the LPDDR5X 10.7 Gbps is scheduled to begin by the second half of this year.
(Source: Samsung)
