LPDDR 5 real product will be launched!Samsung announced it had begun production

LPDDR 5 real product will be launched!Samsung announced it had begun production

tenco 2019-07-22

Samsung electronics has announced that it has begun production of its 2GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, ZDNet reported.

The world's largest maker of memory chips will pack eight of them into a 12GB LPDDR5 DRAM and supply new flagship smartphones, the company said.

Samsung first introduced the 12GB DRAM in March, which is made from the previous 12GB LPDDR4X.The new DRAM has a data speed of 5,500Mbps, 1.3 times faster than the previous generation, and USES 30% less power.The new memory chip will improve the stability of 5G smartphones when shooting high-definition video and activating artificial intelligence and machine learning functions.

Samsung also said it would consider expanding the capacity of its latest LPDDR5 DRAM chip at its plant in pyeongtaek if customer demand is high.Samsung also announced plans to launch a 6400Mbps DRAM next year and to begin developing a 16GB LPDDR5 to enhance its competitiveness in the high-end mobile market.

Its memory semiconductor business has been a profit darling for the past two years, but the market has recently been facing a downturn, with the Korean conglomerate forecasting a 56 per cent fall in second-quarter profits.What's more, samsung is quite nervous about Japan's control of three key consumables such as fluoropolyimide, photoresist and hydrogen fluoride.Vice President of samsung electronics, lee jae-yong has personally to negotiate for this delivery, yonhap news agency reported Monday, lee jae-yong in 13 in samsung held a special meeting, informed the high-end head trip to Japan, which has ensured to obtain enough fluorinated polyimide, the photoresist and hydrogen fluoride, but he also wants samsung main internal contingency plan ready.

Considering the Galaxy note will be released on August 10, consumer is expected to see LPDDR5 memory on the phone, but Japan and South Korea trade war for shipment samsung DRAM chips is a very adverse factors, memory access business, according to samsung internal response plan is existing the photoresist and hydrogen fluoride and other consumables inventory, finance and good profit of DRAM products first.

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