Five years after LPDDR5 was first introduced and months before JEDEC finalized the LPDDR6 standard, Samsung announced a new, faster version of its LPDDR5X DRAM.
When the Korean tech giant debuted LPDDR5X in October 2022, LPDDR5's natural successor ran at just 8.5Gbps. This new chip runs at his 10.7Gbps, which is over 11% faster than his 9.6Gbps LPDDR5T variant offered by its biggest rival, SK Hynix.
Samsung is building new chips on a 12nm class process. This means that the new DRAM is not only faster, but also much smaller, in fact the smallest chip size for LPDDR, making it ideal for use in on-device AI applications. .
Improving power efficiency
“As the demand for low-power, high-performance memory increases, LPDDR DRAM is expanding its use, primarily from mobile to other areas that traditionally require higher performance and reliability, such as PCs, accelerators, servers, and automobiles. It is expected to expand,” YongCheol Bae said. Vice President in charge of memory product planning for Samsung Electronics' memory business. “Samsung will continue to work closely with our customers to innovate and deliver products optimized for the upcoming on-device AI era.”
Samsung's 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X delivers over 25% more performance and 30% more capacity compared to LPDDR5. Samsung has also said that he will raise the single package capacity of mobile DRAM to 32GB.
LPDDR5X offers several power-saving technologies that improve power efficiency by 25% and allow the chip to enter low-power modes for extended periods of time.
Samsung plans to start mass production of 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X DRAM in the second half of this year after successful validation with mobile application processor (AP) and mobile device providers.
