Samsung wants to cram 4GB of RAM into your next phone

December 30, 2013

Samsung Electronics has announced a new chip that will make it possible for the company and others to build smartphones and tablets with up to 4GB of RAM. Samsung has developed the industry’s first 8 Gigabit LPDDR4 (low power double data rate) mobile DRAM. By combining four of them, a high-end smartphone or tablet can get 4GB of RAM, Samsung said on Monday. Today many expensive smartphones have 2GB of RAM, while Samsung’s own Galaxy Note 3 has 3GB. The memory increase and performance improvement offered by Samsung’s chip will result in faster, more responsive applications and will open the door for more advanced features as well as higher resolution displays, according to the company. The product also consumes less power than current memory chipsets, it said. The chip will start shipping next year and it will be used by large screen smartphones, tablets and ultra-slim notebooks, according to Samsung. Some of the devices will also have 4K or UHD screens, the company said without offering any product details. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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