Samsung today announced that Qualcomm has validated Samsung’s 14-nanometer (nm) based 14nm-based 16Gb LPDDR5X DRAM for use on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile platforms. The company introduced the LPDDR5X DRAM in November last year, and it promises data processing speeds of up to 8.5 Gbps compared to 6.4Gbps in LPDDR5.
It also promises a power consumption that is 20% lesser than LPDDR5, and will enable up to 64GB per memory package. Some of the many applications for LPDDR5X include 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse.
To better accommodate the increasing demand for premium DRAM solutions, Samsung said that it will continually pursue the development of low-power DRAM products that deliver greater performance and even higher capacities in support of a growing array of next-generation systems.
Commenting on this, Jinman Han, Corporate Executive Vice President and Head of Memory Global Sales & Marketing at Samsung Electronics, said:
The successful validation of our LPDDR5X solution for Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon mobile platforms is a testament to our leadership in DRAM technology. We expect applications for this high-performance, low-power memory to extend beyond smartphones into the data center, PC and automotive, enabling more devices and systems to run with greater efficiency.
Ziad Asghar, Vice President of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., said:
Qualcomm Technologies is an industry leader in enabling and adopting the latest LPDDR DRAM specifications. Enablement of LPDDR5X on Snapdragon platforms will enhance user experiences with new features and improved performance for gaming, camera and applications using our latest AI Engine across various Qualcomm Technologies’ product lines.