Samsung
Electronics has announced that it has developed the first 8Gb low-power double
data rate 4 (LPDDR4) mobile DRAM. This chip can transmit 3.2Gbps over each of
their electric connection, which is twice that of today’s DDR3 and also
consumes 40 percent less power.
The 8Gb
LPDDR4 offers 1GB (gigabyte) on a single die, which is the largest density
available for DRAM components today.
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| Smartphone chip. Image: Samsung |
“This
next-generation LPDDR4 DRAM will contribute significantly to faster growth of
the global mobile DRAM market, which will soon comprise the largest share of
the entire DRAM market,” revealed Young-Hyun Jun, executive vice president,
memory sales and marketing, Samsung Electronics.
“We will
continue in introducing the most advanced mobile DRAM one step ahead of the
rest of the industry so that global OEMs can launch innovative mobile devices
with exceptional user convenience in the timeliest manner.”
Previously,
smartphones with RAM of 2GB (gigabytes) and 3GB have employed 4Gb (gigabits)
and 6Gb DDR3 memory chips. The implication of the new development by Samsung is
that 8Gb LPDDR4 will allow smartphones to have 4GB of RAM.
The 8Gb
LPDDR4 mobile DRAM in a nutshell will allow users to have faster, more
responsive applications, more advanced features, and higher resolution displays
while maximizing battery life.
It is
expected that Samsung will reveal its own Exynos 64-bits processor very soon.
Combined with this new innovation, it is being anticipated that the coming
Samsung Galaxy S5 could be the most powerful smartphone when it comes into the
market, a position Apple’s iPhone5S currently occupies.
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