Not content with 6GB of RAM on your phone? Well, this news is surely going to make your day then. Samsung today announced that it has started the mass production of 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM package for mobile devices. Based on the 10nm fabrication process, the DRAM package makes uses of four 16 gigabit LPDDR4 chips for a total of 8GB RAM. The package also makes use of Samsung’s proprietary low-power circuit design. The combination of these advancements allows Samsung to offer its 8GB DRAM package in the same size as its 20nm-4GB DRAM package without any increase in power consumption. Samsung says that since the overall package is only 1mm thin, it can be stacked together with UFS memory or mobile application processor to save space on the PCB. The ultimate preference, however, is always on the OEM and on their implementation. With many high-end flagship phones in China launching with 6GB RAM, it is likely that we will see phones with 8GB RAM popping up from Chinese OEMs sometime next year. Whether 8GB RAM is actually needed in a smartphone or not, however, is an entirely different debate. What do you think about a smartphone coming with so much RAM?
