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Samsung has verified that it has achieved a transfer rate of 8.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) via its 14-nanometer (nm) LPDDR5X DRAM on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform, a combination that is likely to find its way into the next Samsung Galaxy. S23 series expected to be unveiled in 2023.
The Korean electronics giant claims that it offers the fastest transfer speeds available in the mobile industry.
DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) is a type of semiconductor memory located close to a processor that can provide faster access to data than compared to storage media such as hard drives and solid state drives (opens in new tab).
What does this mean for the consumer?
Samsung has previously indicated that its LPDDR5X DRAM, released in November 2021, is expected to help with high-speed data service applications, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse.
“The joint validation of 8.5 Gbps LPDDR5X DRAM has enabled us to accelerate the market-wide availability of this high-speed memory interface by more than a year, which is a great achievement made possible by our long-standing partnership with Qualcomm Technologies,” said Daniel Lee, Executive Vice President of the Memory Product Planning Team at Samsung Electronics.
“As the use of LPDDR memory moves beyond smartphones into AI and data center applications, strong collaboration between memory and SoC vendors becomes all the more important,” he added.
The integration will “enhance user experiences with new features and improved performance for mobile, gaming, camera and AI applications,” said Ziad Asghar, vice president of product management at Qualcomm.
This isn’t the first time Samsung has broken its own record, surpassing the previous maximum transfer rate of 7.5 Gbps it set in (opens in new tab)March 2022. (opens in new tab)
Close ties between the two hardware giants could be beneficial for Samsung. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor remains one of the most popular in the mobile industry, the brand controls about 29% of the mobile processor market, below Mediatek’s 39% share, but well above the 14% owned by Apple .