Samsung to start mass production of 12GB lpddr5 for smartphones this month

Samsung will start mass production of 12GB packages of lpddr5 memory for smartphones in July. The modules are made up of eight 12Gbit chips and will most likely end up in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.

Samsung has already started mass-producing 12Gbit chips from lpddr5 and will release the 12GB modules later this month, the company announced. With a throughput of 5.5Gbit/s, the lpddr5 chips are 1.3 times faster than the current lpddr4x working memory with its 4.2Gbit/s.

As part of a 12GB module, it can process lpddr5 over a 64-bit wide bus at 44GB per second, where 12GB-lpddr4x gets stuck at 34.1GB/s. Moreover, according to Samsung, lpddr5 is thirty percent more efficient thanks to the application of new techniques for clocking and low-power modes. Production of lpddr5 16Gbit chips should start next year.

Samsung does not announce which smartphones will receive the memory first, but according to rumors there will be a variant of the upcoming Galaxy Note 10 with 12GB lpddr5. According to SamMobile, it is the version of the Note 10 with 1TB storage. Samsung would also release variants with 256GB and 512GB storage.