When discussing “LPDDR,” many seasoned digital enthusiasts, especially smartphone enthusiasts, are certainly very familiar with it.
Simply put, “LPDDR” stands for “Low Power Double Data Rate.” It is a memory standard developed and defined by JEDEC, suitable for various “low power” mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, and automotive electronics systems.
Because these devices differ from traditional desktop computers and are mostly powered by batteries, they are very sensitive to power consumption. The memory must have both high performance and low power consumption to meet actual needs, which is also the direction the industry has been striving towards.
In recent years, LPDDR has developed rapidly, and it has now evolved to LPDDR5, which can reach a maximum speed of 6.4Gbps. It has also introduced newer versions such as LPDDR5X (8.5Gbps) and LPDDR5T (9.9Gbps), with improvements in various aspects.
Recently, there has been good news in this area. On April 17, Samsung announced that the company had developed a new generation of improved LPDDR5X, with a top speed of 10.7Gbps.
Compared to Samsung’s first-generation LPDDR5X (8.5Gbps), the new version of LPDDR5X has improved performance by 25% and capacity by 30%. Additionally, it can now package a total memory capacity of up to 32GB.
In terms of power consumption, Samsung revealed that the new LPDDR5X uses special energy-saving technology that can automatically adjust according to the actual workload. Compared to the previous generation, power efficiency has increased by 25%, allowing mobile devices to have longer battery life.
Seeing this, many smartphone enthusiast friends might feel very excited and hopeful, for instance, hoping that the flagship smartphone they buy at the end of the year will use Samsung’s new version of LPDDR5X, along with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen4 processor, expecting the overall user experience to be very good.
However, unfortunately, I have to tell you that the progress is not as fast as everyone expects. LPDDR5X will not first be applied in the consumer-level smartphone field, but in the industrial AI field, which is the best application for the new version of LPDDR5X in the short term.
Regardless, Samsung’s new version of LPDDR5X will inevitably be used in smartphones eventually; it’s just a matter of time, but the progress may not be as fast as everyone expects.
It is reported that Samsung’s new version of LPDDR5X will start mass production in the second half of this year, and then begin validation with various mobile application processors and mobile device providers. Therefore, it is unrealistic for everyone to buy a smartphone equipped with the new version of LPDDR5X this year; we still need to wait patiently.
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