Samsung has announced the industry’s first 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM for use on mobile devices – smartphones and tablets. The South Korean company has started mass producing the chips based on 20nm process technology, they provide “the largest capacity and highest speed available for a DRAM chip”.
Commenting on the announcement of the 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM, the executive vice president of Memory Sales and Marketing at Samsung Electronics, Joo Sun Choi said;
“By initiating mass production of 12Gb LPDDR4 mobile DRAM in an extremely timely manner, we now are not only helping OEMs to accelerate their moves to the next generation of mobile devices, but also providing functionality that will give mobile consumers greatly enhanced user experiences. Furthermore, we intend to closely collaborate with our global customers to move beyond premium smartphones and tablets in creating new digital markets that embrace the full potential of cutting-edge technologies like next-generation mobile DRAM.”
The 20nm-made 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM join other 20nm-made DRAM lineup (8Gb, 6Gb and 4Gb); it is 30% faster with a 4266Mbps read speed and consumes 20% less energy than the similar 20nm-made 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM. It is also twice as fast as DDR4 DRAM for PCs and paves way for up to 6GB LPDDR4 RAM on mobile devices.
Samsung expects the application of LPDDR4 mobile memory to be embraced outside the smartphone and tablets brackets in areas such as digital appliances, automotive devices and Ultra-slim PCs in coming years.
Source: Samsung
PS: • Gb – Gigabit; • LPDDR4 – Low Power, Double Data Rate 4; • GB – Gigabyte; • nm – Nano meter
