Samsung starts making 4GB DRAM for mobile devices

Mobile devices like smartphones and tablets may soon be as fast as desktop and laptop computers in opening and transferring large multimedia files, as Korea-based Samsung has started making 4GB low-power double data rate (LPDDR3) RAM modules.

 

The new technology, which could be used in mobile devices, promises to bring "PC-like multimedia speeds to smartphones and tablets," according to a report on tech site The Next Web.

 

"(Samsung) says it will increase its production of the DRAM chips later this year," it said.

 

Samsung, in a news release, said the 4GB LPDDR3 can transmit data at up to 2,133 megabits per second (Mbps) per pin, more than double the previous memory standard mobile DRAM (LPDDR2), which can transfer data at 800Mbps.

 

With such specs, three full HD videos that total 17 GBs can be transmitted in as little as one second over the new chip, it added.

 

“By providing the most efficient next-generation mobile memory with a very large data capacity, we are now enabling OEMs to introduce even more innovative designs in the marketplace,” said Young-Hyun Jun, executive vice president of memory sales and marketing at Samsung.

 

Samsung also said the new chip will be produced via a 20-nanometer (nm) process.

 

It pointed out the LPDDR3 mobile DRAM's performance can compare to "standard DRAM utilized in personal computers."

 

But the biggest advantage of the new mobile DRAM may be its fitting into small devices.

 

"While mobile gadgets continue to scale down in height, battery packs have been increasing in size. By adopting Samsung's 4Gb LPDDR3 mobile DRAM, OEMs can have a 2GB package that includes four of Samsung’s new chips in a single package that meets the memory package height of 0.8 millimeters (mm)," it said. — TJD, GMA News