Micron Delivers World’s First Mass-Produced, Low-Power DDR5 DRAM for High-Performance Smartphones
February 06 2020 - 8:00AM
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced it has
delivered the world’s first low-power DDR5 DRAM in mass production
to be used in the soon-to-be-released Xiaomi Mi 10 smartphone. As
Xiaomi’s memory technology partner, Micron provides LPDDR5 DRAM
with superior power efficiency and faster data access speeds to
meet growing consumer demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and
5G functionality in smartphones.
“Micron’s leadership in delivering the industry’s first
low-power DDR5 DRAM for use in a smartphone will accelerate
enablement of 5G and AI applications,” said Dr. Raj Talluri, senior
vice president and general manager of the Mobile Business Unit at
Micron. “Our customers and partners require next-generation memory
solutions, based on the latest process technology, that drive
unmatched power and performance to support 5G and AI systems.
Micron’s LPDDR5 DRAM addresses those requirements with a 50%
increase in data access speeds and more than 20% power efficiency
compared to previous generations.”
"We value Micron's long-standing leadership and innovation in
memory,” said Chang Cheng, vice president at Xiaomi Group.
“Micron's LPDDR5 DRAM market-leading features ensure our Xiaomi Mi
10 smartphone will remain power-efficient while still offering
incredible performance and greater stability. We believe LPDDR5
will be the standard configuration for all flagship devices in
2020."
Micron designed LPDDR5 DRAM to address the growing demand for
higher memory performance and lower energy consumption across a
wide array of markets, including automotive, client PCs and
networking systems built for 5G and AI applications. LPDDR5 can
provide more than a 20% reduction in power use compared to LPDDR4x
memory.
The emergence of AI in more applications is driving the need for
advanced memory solutions that enable faster and more efficient
access to data. Micron LPDDR5 delivers the speed and capacity
needed to feed AI engines built directly into mobile processors.
These processors rely on high data rates from Micron’s internal
LPDDR5 memory to power their machine learning capabilities.
Micron’s next-generation LPDDR5 memory is designed to meet the
demands of 5G networks, which will start deploying globally at
scale in 2020. Micron LPDDR5 allows 5G smartphones to process data
at peak speeds of up to 6.4Gbps, which is critical for preventing
5G data bottlenecks. This capability addresses other emerging
technology needs, such as those in autonomous vehicles that require
a memory subsystem with a larger bandwidth to support real-time
computing and data processing.
Micron is shipping LPDDR5 to customers in capacities of 6GB, 8GB
and 12GB and at data speeds of 5.5Gbps and 6.4Gbps. In the first
half of calendar 2020, Micron LPDDR5 will also be available in a
UFS-based multichip package (uMCP5) for use in mid- and high-tier
smartphones. The LPDDR5 in a multichip package will also
provide longer battery life and higher bandwidth to enable
high-performance image processing that was previously reserved for
flagship smartphones.
To learn more about Micron’s low-power DRAM portfolio, including
LPDDR5, visit www.micron.com/products/dram/lpdram.
About Micron Technology, Inc. We are an
industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through
our global brands — Micron® and Crucial® — our broad portfolio of
high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM,
NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and NOR, is transforming how the world uses
information to enrich life. Backed by more than 40 years of
technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable
disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine
learning and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like
mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics,
automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on the
Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology,
Inc., visit www.micron.com.
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