Samsung has developed the industry’s first 14nm-based 16Gb Low Power Double Data Rate 5X (LPDDR5X) DRAM that, the company claims, will provide over 1.3x faster processing speeds and consume nearly 20% less power than the previous LPDDR5 solution.

The new 16GB LPDDR5X solution is designed to drive further growth throughout the high-speed data service applications including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse, the South Korean firm said in a press release on Tuesday.

Samsung’s next-generation LPDDR5X DRAM will offer data processing speeds of up to 8.5Gbps – over 1.3 times faster than LPDDR5’s 6.4Gbps – and will also use around 20% less power than the previous-generation LPDDR5 memory. The new LPDDR5X chip will enable up to 64GB per memory package, accommodating increasing demand for higher-capacity mobile DRAM worldwide.

Our LPDDR5X will broaden the use of high-performance, low-power memory beyond smartphones and bring new capabilities to AI-based edge applications like servers and even automobiles.

The South Korean technology giant says it will join forces with global chipset manufacturers to establish a more viable framework for the expanding world of digital reality, with its new LPDDR5X solution serving as a key part of that foundation.