Samsung commences production of 12Gb DRAM

In case you thought someone might think to themselves, “4GB of memory is all a smartphone needs,” Samsung has come along with some new chips to make sure the specs for memory continue to be pushed to higher levels. Samsung has announced they have launched mass production of 12Gb LPDDR4 (low power, double date rate 4) DRAM chips for mobile devices using their 20nm technology. These chips will be the largest capacity and highest speed chips available on the market for mobile device memory according to Samsung.

The company says the new 12Gb DRAM is 30% faster than the preceding generation of 8Gb memory, able to process at a whopping 4,266Mbps, while at the same time consuming 20% less energy. Samsung says they have improved their manufacturing processes to be able to produce 50% more memory compared to their 8Gb production, meaning they can better meet demand for these high-capacity chips.

For smartphone manufacturers, and consumers by extension, this means smartphones with 6GB of memory can fit in the same space as current 3GB solutions.

source: DigiTimes

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