Samsung and SK Hynix are working together to obtain LPDDR6 RAM certification as soon as possible. According to industry sources, Korean companies are ready to start manufacturing memory chips once the standard is approved by JEDEC (Joint Electronic Equipment Engineering Council).
Regulations and documents are expected to be released in the second half of this year, and Samsung hopes to have new memory chips ready for phones powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 as generative AI models may cross the 10 billion parameter threshold.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has an NPU that supports generative AI models with 1 billion parameters on the device. More than 10 billion steps means that generative AI will better understand the video and create more accurate programming algorithms, thereby improving the overall performance of the smartphone.
LPDDR6 still lacks a clear roadmap, especially in terms of bandwidth and how much bandwidth will be allocated to AI processes. Samsung has been improving LPDDR5 (to 5X and 5T), focusing on low price and high energy efficiency rather than actual performance, and this will have to change once JEDEC, the international organization responsible for semiconductor standards, finalizes the new version.
In layman’s terms, LPDDR6 RAM powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could bring the next step in artificial intelligence capabilities to smartphones as early as 2025. If all goes according to plan, we might see actual videos edited in real time, or even generated out of thin air.
Source (Korean)