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SK Hynix Commences Mass Production of 18GB LPDDR5 RAM Chips for Smartphones With 6,400Mbps Speeds

Android phone makers will continue to push the limits of hardware specifications, and from the looks of it, SK Hynix will lend out more than just a helping hand. The memory manufacturer today announced that it has started mass production of 18GB LPDDR5 RAM chips for flagship smartphones, meaning that premium handsets touting more memory than notebooks will become a commonplace.

SK Hynix claims that its 18GB LPDDR5 RAM for smartphones can operate up to 6,400Mbps, making it around 20 percent faster than the previous-generation LPDDR5 RAM, which could run up to 5,500Mbps. The manufacturer also mentions that it has supplied ASUS with these DRAM chips for the upcoming ROG Phone 5 flagship. Keep in mind that during a specifications leak, the ROG Phone 5 was spotted with the aforementioned RAM count.

Why does a smartphone need 18 GB of memory instead of the previous 16 GB? From the press release:

"This product will improve the processing speed and image quality by expanding the data temporary storage space, as the capacity increases compared to the previous 16GB product," an official from the company said.

So we will see smartphones with 18 GB of RAM, or perhaps smartphones or laptops with 16/32 GB of error correction code (ECC) LPDDR5 memory.

Also at ZDNet and Guru3D.

Previously: Samsung Begins Mass Producing 12 GB DRAM Packages for Smartphones
Samsung Mass Producing LPDDR5 DRAM (12 Gb x 8 for 12 GB Packages)
Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM
Samsung Announces Mass Production of 16 GB LPDDR5 DRAM Packages

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "SK Hynix Commences Mass Production of 18GB LPDDR5 RAM Chips for Smartphones With 6,400Mbps Speeds" - https://wccftech.com/sk-hynix-mass-production-18gb-lpddr5-ram-started/
3. "spotted" - https://wccftech.com/asus-rog-phone-5-specs-leak-shows-18gb-ram/
4. "press release" - https://news.skhynix.com/sk_hynix_starts_mass-production_of_lpddr5_mobile_dram_with_industrys_largest_capacity/
5. "smartphones" - https://media-www.micron.com/-/media/client/global/documents/products/white-paper/ecc_for_mobile_devices_white_paper.pdf?la=en&rev=b892d7cdf84a495d83b2560b2fe523ef
6. "ZDNet" - https://www.zdnet.com/article/sk-hynix-supplies-18gb-mobile-dram-to-asus/
7. "Guru3D" - https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/sk-hynix-fires-up-volume-production-of-18-gigabyte-lpddr5-mobile-dram-chips.html
8. "Samsung Begins Mass Producing 12 GB DRAM Packages for Smartphones" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/03/16/2146231
9. "Samsung Mass Producing LPDDR5 DRAM (12 Gb x 8 for 12 GB Packages)" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/07/18/1132214
10. "Get Ready for Smartphones with 16 GB of RAM" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/08/18/0217238
11. "Samsung Announces Mass Production of 16 GB LPDDR5 DRAM Packages" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/02/25/1932244
12. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=47899

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