Elpida 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs sample shipments commence
Posted on December 31st, 2011 | Filed under: General
Bringing about advancements in the mobile memory storage market are the newly announced Elpida 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs. The company has started shipping samples of the two next generation mobile RAM devices which are expected to boost the memory capacities of future tablets and smartphones.
The Wide IO Mobile RAM is basically a new generation mobile memory chip which claims to power the device at a faster speed with lesser energy consumption. It widens the I/O width by employing x512-bit which is more than 10 times larger when compared to the width of current DRAMs. This facilitates a faster data transfer rate of 12.8GB/s per chip while operating at a low speed of 200MHz.
The company states that in this age of advanced technology which is crowded with tablets and smartphones one better than the other, the demand for speedier DRAMs possessing greater data transfer rates has escalated. However, this need has also resulted in the problem of higher power consumption by devices and this is where the Wide IO steps in.
The LPDDR3 mobile RAM chip offers a data transfer rate which is two times faster than that provided by the LPDDR2. A single unit is capable of delivering 6.4GB/s or 12.8GB/s, according to a two-chip configuration for high-tech mobile devices. It utilizes 25 percent lesser power than the LPDDR2 and thus extends the battery life of the given smartphone or tablet.
The Elpida 4-gigabit Wide IO and LPDDR3 Mobile RAMs will be mass produced from next year. These chips are also scheduled to aid in the development of two-layer 8-gigabit and four-layer 16-gigabit high-density packages.
