Samsung has announced it is mass producing 16-gigabit LPDDR5 mobile DRAM and that it is the first to do so using extreme ultraviolet technology (EUV).
The announcement is notable because the EUV process used to etch the silicon is supposedly easier to scale the production or RAM, meaning future products might be able to be produced at a faster scalable rate.
“The 1z-based 16Gb LPDDR5 elevates the industry to a new threshold, overcoming a major developmental hurdle in DRAM scaling at advanced nodes,” said Jung-bae Lee, executive vice president of DRAM Product & Technology at Samsung Electronics.
The new 16Gb RAM is “the highest speed and largest capacity available in mobile DRAM,” according to the company. At present, the most RAM seen in high end Android phones like the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra or OnePlus 8 Pro normally tops out at 12GB.
While the announcement and its tech speak is hard to digest, it basically implies that the RAM in your phone could soon be even more capable. Samsung supplies memory to other smartphone manufacturers, so you’ll find it soon in more than just Galaxy smartphones.
Author: Henry Burrell, Phones Editor
Henry is Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, ensuring he and the team covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about for readers and viewers all over the world. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.