The world's leading company, Samsung Electronics, which is known for its advanced memory technology, has released the 10-nanometer, 8-gigabit DDR4 (double-data-rate-4) DRAM chips. It is first of its kind and it promises that they will be thirty percent faster and 20 percent more efficient than the previous ones. Worldwide DDR4 is abundantly produced memory for personal devices and IT networks. This latest development will surely assist in industry-wide shift to advanced DDR4 products.
After overcoming several difficulties and challenges in scaling of DRAM, Samsung announced the world's "10nm-class DRAM" for the first time. Samsung has taken its innovation a step further in technology. The challenges in the DRAM scaling were curbed using ArF (argon fluoride) immersion lithography.
The latest memory chips use a much smaller 10-nanometer mass production technique as compared to the 20-nanometer version. This enables it to create circuitry in its recollection chips with features that measure just 10-nanometers in proportions. It allows pressing more onto the same segment of silicon.
This eventually means advancements in speed and efficiency. The new DRAM chips support a data transfer at of 3,200 megabits per second (Mbps), which is 30 percent faster than the 2,400Mbps rate of its old 20nm DDR4 DRAM.
Additionally, it will consume 10 to 20 percent less power than 20nm DRAM based equivalents. Thus, it will help in improving the design efficiency of next-gen systems. Samsung built the core technological foundation for the sizable enterprise networks for personal devices and mainstream server markets.
Samsung will initially package up the 8-gigabit modules into memory chips for personal computers-from contributing 4GB for laptops, up to 128GB slabs for enterprise servers. They will be available in the market in the coming months, while the mobile DRAM solution will be accessible later in the year, further solidifying its mastery in the ultra-HD smartphone market.