What you should know
- Samsung is ready to mass produce LPDDR5T DRAM chips, which deliver approximately 12-13% faster reading speeds than the previous LPDDR5X.
- Samsung is usually the first to introduce products based on new DRAM standards, but was caught off-guard when Micron and SK Hynix announced their LPDDR5T DRAM chips earlier this year.
- Samsung is ready to mass produce large quantities of LPDDR5T DRAM chips in 2024, as announced at the recent investor forum in Hong Kong.
- SK Hynix has preemptively started mass production of LPDDR5T DRAM, which some Chinese smartphone firms have decided to use in their new flagship smartphones.
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Samsung has announced that it is ready to mass produce LPDDR5T DRAM chips after being caught off-guard earlier this year. The LPDDR5T DRAM chips offer faster reading speeds than the previous LPDDR5X, making them an attractive option for smartphone manufacturers. Samsung is known for being the industry leader in the DRAM chip segment, often being the first to introduce products based on new DRAM standards. However, it was surprised when Micron and SK Hynix announced their LPDDR5T DRAM chips following the announcement of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor.
Reports indicate that Samsung is prepared to mass produce large quantities of LPDDR5T DRAM chips in 2024, as communicated to investors during the company’s investor forum in Hong Kong. Samsung Electronics Vice President Ha-Ryong Yoon shared the company’s plans and ideas for the future at the meeting. When asked about the technologies Samsung is working on, the executives revealed the information about LPDDR5T DRAM.
Despite being the biggest DRAM firm globally, Samsung has faced competition from SK Hynix, which has been the most talked about over the past year. The company preemptively started mass production of LPDDR5T DRAM, which has been adopted by some Chinese smartphone firms for their new flagship smartphones. One such example is Vivo, which used LPDDR5T DRAM in its Vivo X100 Pro flagship. This indicates the increasing demand and competition in the DRAM chip market.
