UPDATE: Xiaomi Product Director named Wang Teng Thomas has confirmed that all the variants of the Mi 10 series from standard and above will be equipped with the latest LPDDR5 RAM technology. Hence, it is likely the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro will come equipped with the LPDDR5.
Original story follows…
This morning, Micron Technology announced that it has commenced the mass production of the world’s first low-power LPDDR5 DRAM chip designed for high-end smartphone market. It is now confirmed that the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 10 series will be the first phones to feature it. The Mi 10 may become the first smartphone to arrive with the latest LPDDR5 RAM technology. However, there is a possibility that Samsung’s Galaxy S20 series could beat the company in using this new-age RAM.
Micron’s LDDR5 make use of industry leading packaging technology for its 12 GB RAM. The low power DDR5 offers a transmission rate of up to 6.4Gbps. In terms of speed, it is twice as fast as LPDDR4 and 20 percent faster than LPDDR4x RAM. The data access speed has been upped by 50 percent on the LPDDR5.
Compared to the previous generation, it consumes 20 percent less power. According to Micron Technology, just because LPDDR5 is faster, the app processing and operation speed also becomes fast. Hence, devices equipped with LPDDR can help in extending the battery life by 5 to 10 percent.
When it comes to performance, Micron Technology said that the predecessor LPDDR4 RAM can be used for 4K, 8K applications, and image editing. However, it does not work well with AR games, 100-megapixel images, and high-performance video editing. These advantages are available with LPDDR5. Also, if LPDDR4 runs 100 apps simultaneously, a bottleneck may appear. LPDDR5 devices will not encounter such an issue, claims the company.
LPDDR5 can provide the required speed and capacity for AI engine that is built directly inside the mobile device processor. These CPUs rely on the data transfer of Micron’s built-in LPDDR5 memory to support machine learning capabilities. Phones equipped with 8 GB and 12 GB RAM LDDR5 RAM are expected to release in the first half of the year. Companies are expected to release phones with 16 GB in the second half of the year.
Micron Technology confirmed that the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 10 will be the first smartphone to come equipped with LPDDR5 memory. Xiaomi Group VP Chang Cheng said, “We value Micron’s long-standing leadership and innovation capabilities in the memory field. Micron’s LPDDR5 DRAM memory has market-leading performance and brings lower power consumption to Xiaomi 10 smartphones. It also ensures better performance and stability. We believe that LPDDR5 will be standard on flagship phones in 2020.” Xiaomi is yet to confirm the launch for the Mi 10 series. It is speculated that the Chinese firm will unveil it in the coming week.
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