Samsung Electronics reported on the development of the industry’s first 12nm-class DDR5 DRAM. The new memory will help drive next-generation computing, data centers, and artificial intelligence applications. All this guarantees industry-leading performance of the new memory, increased power efficiency, and a reduced die size, which will increase chip yield from each wafer.
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The 12nm DDR5 memory chip is a 16Gb chip. The data exchange rate for each contact is 7.2 Gbps. With such a speed, processing by a chip of two 4K-30 GB movies will take only one second. At the same time, 12nm memory consumption is reduced by 23% compared to the previous generation memory, which will be very noticeable on typically huge memory arrays for AI, machine learning and Big Data applications.
What is important, the decrease in the technical process of memory production and, accordingly, the decrease in the physical size of each memory cell did not lead to an increase in read and write errors. Helped in this new material with a high dielectric constant (high-κ), which prevents leakage of charge from the cell. Samsung also talks regarding the use of some patented design technology that improves the performance of critical circuits.
Overall, the company is gearing up to release DDR5 memory with the industry’s highest storage density. Therefore, the matter might not have been done without the use of EUV scanners. “Deep Ultraviolet” finally stepped far into the computer memory industry. As a result, Samsung will be able to get 20% more chips per silicon wafer than before. The company will begin mass production of 12nm DDR5 chips in 2023. Compatibility with AMD processors has already been verified, which was confirmed by the responsible persons of the company.
“Innovation often requires close collaboration with industry partners to push the boundaries of technology, said Joe Macri, Senior Vice President, Corporate Scientist and CTO of AMD Computing and Graphics. “We are very excited to partner with Samsung once more, especially with the release of DDR5 memory products that are optimized and validated on the ‘Zen’ platforms.”
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