New generation of RAM for smartphones and laptops, LPDDR6 promises double speeds.
Is JEDEC in a validation frenzy? Only a few days ago, we reported on the final specifications of GDDR7, high-end video memory.
Today, it is not yet completely a question of validation, but the final characteristics of LPDDR6 seem on the verge of being approved by this same JEDEC.
Five years after LPDDR5
By its full name Joint Electron Device Engineering Council, JEDEC is an organization made up of all the biggest names in the world of semiconductors from Intel to NEC, including IBM, Foxconn, AMD, NVIDIA, Apple, but also Microsoft or Google.
Its objective, the standardization of semiconductors. To do this, it must harmonize the positions of all these industry giants to establish characteristics that will then be used by manufacturers. This is what has just been done with GDDR7, future high-end memory for graphics cards.
Once this validation has been obtained, manufacturers such as Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung will be able to produce chips which will then be used by AMD and NVIDIA in particular. The same should therefore apply to LPDDR6.
Up to 17,000 MT/s on the LPDDR6X
This new generation of memory intended for mobile devices (smartphone, laptop, etc.) is distinguished from “classic” DDR by its energy saving technologies in particular.
The latest standard in this area – LPDDR5 – dates from February 2019 and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. This LPDDR6 should result in a doubling of flow rates compared to its big sister, i.e. 12,800 MT/s when LPDDR6X could then reach 17,000 MT/s. Manufacturers like Samsung are also talking about a reduction in operating voltage, but we will have to wait for the final specifications.
This is precisely the whole point of this news: according to our colleague’s sources VideoCardzthe JEDEC would be on the right track and, for this LPDDR6, we are talking about a validation of the characteristics for the third of this year… so to speak tomorrow!
On the other hand and unlike GDDR7 which should be quickly put to use, it seems that the deployment of LPDDR6 is more gradual and, of course, initially focused on the most high-end models of smartphones or laptops, early/current-2025.
Source : VideoCardz
3