Latest DRAM news

Samsung wants to become a one-stop semiconductor chip solution for its clients

Samsung held its annual Tech Day 2022 event yesterday in San Jose, California, in the US. It was the company’s first in-person event in the past three years, and more than 800 customers and partners attended it. During Samsung Tech Day, the company announced various new semiconductor products and technologies that will drive the next […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Market watchers say Samsung will lose the 1st spot to TSMC in Q3 2022

Samsung’s semiconductor business is reportedly on the brink of losing the lead in sales in Q3 2022. Market watchers say that the Korean tech giant might experience a 19% drop in quarterly sales during the July-September period, which would allow TSMC to climb up the ranks and occupy first place. A recent report by market […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

Samsung warns of declining memory chip sales extending into 2023

Market watchers expect demand for memory chips to drop in the second half of the year due to sluggish PC, data servers, and smartphone shipments. Samsung warns that the sharp downturn in memory chip sales could extend into 2023. In a media briefing earlier this week, Samsung co-CEO and head of the semiconductor unit, Kyung […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

Samsung DRAM sales drop for the second consecutive quarter

DRAM sales have long been a cash cow for Samsung. The company is the leading supplier of DRAM products in the world. This dominant position enables it to earn a significant chunk of its revenues from the sale of this vital component. However, headwinds in the market have hit Samsung’s DRAM sales. The company saw […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 months ago

Samsung’s 24Gbps GDDR6 DRAM chips will power next-generation graphics cards

Samsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, has unveiled the world’s first 24Gbps GDDR6 DRAM chips. These semiconductor memory chips are made using the 10nm EUV fabrication process. The company said that it has already started sampling 16Gb GDDR6 DRAM chips. The South Korean firm’s new GDDR6 DRAM is made for high-performance GPUs that are […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

Samsung unveils industry’s first 512GB CXL DRAM for servers

Samsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, has unveiled the industry’s first 512GB CXL DRAM module for servers. CXL stands for Compute Express Link, and this new DRAM technology offers extremely high capacity at very low latency. In May 2021, the South Korean firm became the first to introduce the CXL DRAM module prototype. Since then, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 months ago

Samsung to fully develop 6th-gen, 11 nm 1c DRAM chip by June 2022

In a recent development, Samsung has set a goal to complete the development of the 11nm, 6th generation 1c DRAM chip by June this year. According to a report by BusinessKorea, the company has reportedly asked its researchers to stop or skip the development of 1b DRAM, which is a 12nm chipset. It is believed […]

By Sagar Naresh
10 months ago

Samsung beats Intel in the semiconductor market for the first time in years

Last year, after lagging behind Intel for a few years, Samsung’s semiconductor business finally recorded higher revenues than its US rival. Samsung’s semiconductor revenues overtook Intel’s for the first time since 2018. The Korean tech giant had a 12.3% semiconductor market share and recorded $73.1 billion in revenue in 2021 (via Gartner). Intel dropped to […]

By Mihai Matei
10 months ago

Samsung Electronics’ DRAM profits slated to grow by 38% over last year

Samsung Electronics’ DRAM division suffered quite a few setbacks in 2021 due to the chip shortage. After that, the lockdown in China’s Xi’an also had the potential to disrupt some of its facilities. Despite that, it has posted record profits in Q1, 2022. A report by Yonhap says that Samsung Electronics’ DRAM division could bring in 13.89 […]

By Anil Ganti
10 months ago

Samsung’s LPDDR5X RAM are compatible with high-end Snapdragon processors

Samsung is the world’s biggest memory chip manufacturer, and it is often the first to introduce new memory technologies. Earlier today, the company announced that its LPDDR5X DRAM has been validated to be used with Qualcomm’s high-end mobile platforms. According to Samsung’s press release, Qualcomm has validated the South Korean firm’s 14nm 16Gb LPDDR5X RAM […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
11 months ago

Samsung’s DRAM division to remain largely unaffected by Xi’an lockdown

Although Samsung is steadily relocating its manufacturing facilities to locations like India and Vietnam, it still has a not-too-insignificant presence in China. The city of Xi’an, in particular, is host to Samsung’s DRAM manufacturing facilities. It has been locked down for quite some time by the Chinese government due to rising cases. Thankfully, industry analysts […]

By Anil Ganti
1 year ago

Samsung starts mass production of four new chips for autonomous and electric cars

Samsung, the world leader in semiconductor memory chips, has announced that it has started the mass production of four new chips for next-generation autonomous vehicles. The company’s new lineup includes an SSD, a UFS storage chip, GDDR6 graphics memory, and DDR4 RAM. The South Korean firm’s new 256GB PCIe Gen. 3 NVMe SSD, 2GB DDR4 […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Samsung’s memory products get the Carbon Trust rating for reducing CO2

Samsung has announced that five of its memory products have received global recognition from Carbon Trust for reducing carbon emissions. 20 other memory products and four automotive LED packages from the South Korean firm have received the carbon footprint certification. The Portable SSD T7 (1TB), EVO Select (128GB) MicroSD cards, GDDR6 (8GB) VRAM, HBM2E (8GB) […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Samsung bags 43 CES 2022 Innovation Awards for its product design and engineering

Samsung has announced that it has received 43 CES 2022 Innovation Awards by CTA (Consumer Technology Association) for its distinctive product design and engineering. The company said that it focuses on customizability as well as the sustainability of its products and services. Every year, CTA awards products across multiple categories that have a standout design […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Samsung unveils world’s first LPDDR5X DRAM chip, could be used in Galaxy S22

Samsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, has announced that it has developed the world’s first LPDDR5X DRAM chip. The company claims that it offers 1.3x faster performance and 20% lower power consumption when compared to LPDDR5 DRAM. The South Korean firm said in its press release that its new memory chip is fabricated using […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago