Micron Unleashes Next-Generation Smartphone Experiences With Ecosystem Adoption and Mass Production of LPDDR5X
November 15 2022 - 6:00PM
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), announced today that its
low-power double data rate 5X (LPDDR5X) mobile memory is continuing
to gain market traction with the validation of its mobile memory
for Qualcomm Technologies’ latest mobile platform for flagship
smartphones, its Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2. Notably, Micron’s LPDDR5X is
integrated into Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 reference designs, allowing it
to serve as a key example of the benefits that OEMs will see when
designing their smartphones using this chipset. Micron is also
shipping LPDDR5X in mass production, which will enable the world’s
first smartphones with LPDDR5X at peak speeds.
Purpose-built for high-end and flagship smartphones, Micron’s
latest LPDDR5X delivers peak speeds at 8.533 gigabits per second
(Gbps), which is up to 33% faster than previous-generation LPDDR5.1
This increased speed, up from the 7.5 Gbps Micron supported last
fall, provides a boost for high-bandwidth, data-intensive mobile
experiences that demand high-performance memory.
“As the unsung hero of smartphone innovation, blazing fast
mobile memory is critical to bringing to life the promise of 5G, AI
and the massive amounts of data flowing through smartphones today,”
said Raj Talluri, senior vice president and general manager of
Micron’s Mobile Business Unit. “The worldwide shipment and mass
production of our LPPDR5X at peak speeds empower the mobile
ecosystem to innovate a new generation of devices and emerging apps
we can’t yet imagine.”
Micron led the semiconductor industry in sampling and validating
LPDDR5X, the fastest, most advanced mobile memory, in November of
last year on its first-to-market 1α (1-alpha) node. With this
latest milestone, the company continues to accelerate market
adoption of LPDDR5X and solidifies its product innovation and
leadership in the mobile ecosystem, following industry-first
launches for LPDDR5, 1α-based LPDDR4X, 176-layer NAND-based UFS 3.1
and uMCP5 solutions.
“Fast, powerful memory is critical to unleashing the lightning
fast connectivity, dynamic experiences and revolutionary
performance that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 promises,” said
Ziad Asghar, vice president of product management at Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
“Micron’s LPDDR5X memory, supporting 8.5
Gbps, brings the unprecedented speeds and energy efficiency
our chipsets demand.”
These new levels of memory performance are increasingly critical
for feeding massive amounts of data to the multiple heterogeneous
processing engines built into today’s complex smartphone
processors. As mobile workloads grow more sophisticated, these
advanced chipsets rely on high data rates to ensure seamless
multitasking across applications and to enable artificial
intelligence (AI) inferencing, augmented and virtual reality,
immersive graphics and high-resolution camera use cases like night
and portrait modes.
Micron’s mobile memory and storage solutions are purpose-built
to fuel the next wave of 5G and AI-enabled smartphone experiences —
balancing demands for capacity and computational processing with
size constraints, cost effectiveness and power efficiency. Micron’s
deep relationships with smartphone manufacturers and chipset
partners around the world equip the mobile ecosystem to gain an
enhanced experience with its low-power, high-performance solutions,
extensive technical expertise and dedication to innovation.
About Micron Technology, Inc.We are an industry
leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how
the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a
relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and
manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich
portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND and NOR memory and storage
products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the
innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling
advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that
unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent
edge and across the client and mobile user experience. To learn
more about Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), visit
micron.com.
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1 Comparing peak data rates for LPDDR5X (8.533 Gbps) to
previous-generation LPDDR5 (6.4 Gbps) DRAM based on published JEDEC
specifications
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