Samsung Electronics Verifies Industry's Fastest Speed for Next-Generation Mobile DRAM... Expanding the 'Super Gap' (Comprehensive)

Application of EAV Process on 14nm Basis... First Released Last Year
1.2x Operating Speed and 20% Power Efficiency Improvement Compared to Previous Generation
Continued Leadership Expected in Mobile DRAM Market

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-ho Kim] Samsung Electronics has completed top-level performance verification of its 14nm mobile DRAM, which was the first in the industry to apply extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process technology in November last year. Samsung Electronics, which has maintained strong market dominance, is expected to continue leading the mobile DRAM market by securing a technological 'super-gap' in this field.

On the 3rd, Samsung Electronics announced that it verified the industry's highest operating speed of 7.5Gbps (gigabits of data transmitted per second) by equipping Qualcomm's Snapdragon mobile platform with an 8GB LPDDR5X DRAM package.

DDR is the standard name for DRAM defined by the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association. It has evolved up to the 5th generation, and when 'LP' is attached, it refers to low-power memory developed for mobile devices such as smartphones.

Samsung Electronics' LPDDR5X DRAM is about 1.2 times faster than the previous generation LPDDR5 product and can implement enhanced ultra-high-resolution video recording and artificial intelligence (AI) performance. Additionally, by implementing innovative circuit design and low-power dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) technology, it reduces power consumption by about 20% compared to existing LPDDR5.

Jin-man Han, Vice President and Head of Strategic Marketing at Samsung Electronics' Memory Business Division, said, "Based on the collaboration between Samsung Electronics' latest LPDDR5X DRAM and Qualcomm's mobile platform, we will expand applications of low-power DRAM not only in mobile products but also in metaverse, automotive, gaming/AR/VR, high-performance PCs, and AI."

Azuga, Vice President of Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, also stated, "Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform and Samsung Electronics' LPDDR5X DRAM will provide AI engine performance improvements and new features to elevate user experiences in gaming, cameras, and various applications."

Samsung Electronics plans to expand the capacity of mobile DRAM single packages up to 64GB to actively respond to the high-capacity DRAM demand in the 5G era. Through this, it aims to timely supply LPDDR5X DRAM with enhanced performance and capacity to global customers, supporting next-generation platform environments and further expanding the premium low-power DRAM market.

In particular, the industry analyzes that Samsung Electronics' next-generation product has further solidified its technological 'super-gap' over competitors through this performance verification, as demand for high-performance mobile DRAM is explosively increasing in the 5G era.

LPDDR5X DRAM is expected to be utilized not only in the smartphone market but also in various fields such as servers because it can process large volumes of data at high speed, which is necessary for emerging next-generation industries like 5G communications, AI, and the metaverse. An industry insider said, "Samsung Electronics has maintained strong market dominance based on differentiated low-power technology in the mobile sector, so it is expected to continue leading the growth of the premium low-power DRAM market in the future."

Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics, which leads the global memory semiconductor market, has exerted powerful influence through years of technological leadership in the mobile DRAM sector as well. According to market research firm Omdia, Samsung Electronics' global mobile DRAM market share in the third quarter of last year was 56.1%, ranking first overall. It maintains more than twice the market share gap compared to the second-ranked company, SK Hynix.

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