Samsung’s Supercharged DRAM Will Power Future Phones

Not to be confused with new DDR5 RAM for desktops rolling out alongside Intel’s new Twelfth-gen CPUs, as we speak Samsung has announced the “industry’s first” LPDDR5X DRAM for smartphones and cellular gadgets.

When in comparison with the LPDDR5 reminiscence already being utilized in many telephones, Samsung claims its new LPDDR5X DRAM can course of knowledge at as much as 8.5 Gbps, which is 1.3 occasions sooner than normal LPDDR5 RAM (6.4 Gbps) whereas consuming 20% much less energy.

The LPDDR5X relies on a brand new 14-nanometer course of, and Samsung says it’s the first producer to ship 16GB LPDDR5X modules, which may even be mixed to supply as much as 64GB of RAM in a single machine.

Aside from an elevated knowledge fee of 8.5 Gbps, one other massive improve with LPDDR5X is that it’s designed to help 16 reminiscence banks per channel throughout the board, versus normal LPDDR5, which may differ between 8 and 16 reminiscence banks relying on the config.

In addition to being utilized in future high-end telephones, Samsung says its new LPDDR5X DRAM was additionally designed to help a variety of high-speed functions in classes like 5G, AI, automobiles, and, like each different firm nowadays, the metaverse.

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According to SangJoon Hwang, Samsung Electronics VP and head of DRAM design, Samsung’s LPDDR5X “will broaden the use of high-performance, low-power memory beyond smartphones and bring new capabilities to AI-based edge applications like servers and even automobiles.”

The company adds that it will begin working with chip makers to “establish a more viable framework for the expanding world of digital reality”—and apparently this super-charged DRAM will be the “foundation” of that reality.

Samsung has not offered a concrete timeline for after we would possibly see LPDDR5X DRAM in precise shopper gadgets, although based mostly on Samsung’s plan to make use of its new reminiscence to help new VR and AR functions, I wouldn’t be shocked to see LPDDRX5 DRAM pop up in gadgets (presumably an AR/VR headset of some kind) someday subsequent 12 months.