Applicable at temperatures 20 degrees higher than automotive 20nm-class DRAM

Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun full-scale mass production of automotive '10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM' that simultaneously achieves the highest level of high-temperature reliability and ultra-high speed/ultra-low power characteristics.

Samsung Electronics has made it the only company in the industry to mass-produce a product with Autograde 1 applied to 10nm-class DRAM by satisfying Autograde 1 (-40℃ to +125℃), which has a high-temperature range 20 degrees higher than the existing 20nm-class automotive DRAM's 'Autograde 2'.

In addition, this DRAM product has expanded its application scope in the next-generation automotive market with industry-leading reliability, such as satisfying all temperature cycling evaluations ranging from -40°C to 125°C in a system-mounted state required by major global automotive manufacturers.

Samsung Electronics has strengthened its competitiveness in the automotive memory business by applying a 10-nanometer-class fine process to this product, achieving the industry's highest level in terms of performance and power efficiency.

This product processes data at a maximum speed of 4,266 Mbps even at a high temperature of 125°C, improving speed by 14% compared to existing 20nm 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM and increasing power consumption efficiency by about 30%, which is expected to contribute to improving the performance of next-generation autonomous driving systems for global automakers.

Following the mass production of the NAND flash-based automotive '256GB eUFS' equipped with a 105℃ temperature alarm function in February of this year, Samsung Electronics has now 'By mass-producing automotive 10nm-class 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM that meets 'Autograde 1', we have secured the optimal memory solution for next-generation autonomous vehicles.

"With the mass production of the 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM, we are now able to provide global automotive customers with a memory solution that satisfies the highest reliability, speed, capacity, and power-saving characteristics ever," said Jeon Se-won, Executive Vice President of the Marketing Team at Samsung Electronics' Memory Business Division. "We will continue to create new premium markets by expanding technological cooperation with customers developing various systems in the future."