Earlier this year, Samsung announced plans to mass-produce 16GB of LPDDR5 DRAM in the second half of the year. The first smartphone with it could be the Samsung Galaxy S21.
Samsung has now announced that a new production line for the mass production of the first 1z-based 16GB LPDDR5-LPDDR5 mobile DRAM has been completed in Pyeongtaek and production can begin.
Jung-bae Lee, executive vice president of DRAM Product & Technology for the company, said the 16GB LPDDR5 will overcome a major development hurdle in DRAM scaling and open new doors for the industry.
Jung-bae Lee
“The 1z-based 16GB LPDDR5 is taking the industry to a new level and overcoming a major development hurdle in DRAM scaling at advanced nodes. We will continue to expand our premium DRAM range and exceed customer demands as we lead the growth of the overall memory market.”
According to Samsung, the new memory will offer the highest speed and largest capacity ever provided by mobile DRAMs. Transfer rates of 6,400 megabits per second (Mb / s) should be possible, which makes it 16 percent faster than 12 GB LPDDR5 memory.
The 16 GB memory can transfer 51.2 GB of data in just one second. This corresponds to the transfer of 10 FullHD content with 5 GB.
While it goes without saying that the Samsung Galaxy S21 (S30) and the company’s other upcoming high-end smartphones will be equipped with the 16 GB LPDDR5, Samsung has also confirmed that other manufacturers will also use the modules.