Samsung accelerates LPDDR6 RAM development due to competition with CXMT
By ForGeeks Samsung is accelerating the development and production of next-generation LPDDR6 RAM. The decision was influenced by the activation of Chinese company CXMT, which has already completed the development of LPDDR5X and plans to move to the next standard.
CXMT is closing the gap with market leaders
According to Business Post, China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has completed development of LPDDR5X chips. This reduces the technological advantage that Samsung has had so far. What’s more, CXMT intends to begin development of LPDDR6 as early as this year and begin mass production early next year.
Background of this information, Samsung has decided to accelerate its own development of LPDDR6 RAM. The chips will be created using Samsung Foundry’s sixth-generation 1c DRAM internal process. It replaces 1x and offers improvements in performance and power efficiency.
The new chip will get support in Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
Sources say Samsung’s first LPDDR6 customer could be Qualcomm. The company plans to introduce support for the new RAM in its upcoming flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 processor. It is this chip will form the basis of all versions of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, scheduled for release early next year. The processor will be manufactured by TSMC using the third-generation 3nm process (N3P).
Samsung expects to promote LPDDR6 to other partners beyond its collaboration with Qualcomm. The potential increase in demand is pushing the company into an active development and pre-production phase.
Samsung is also looking to promote LPDDR6 to other partners beyond Qualcomm.
Current Market Position and Technology Context
Although CXMT still only controls about 5% of the global RAM market, its actions are putting real pressure on the industry leaders. South Korea’s SK Hynix remains the market leader with a share of about 36%, with Samsung in second place at 33.7% to 34.4%. Micron Technology rounds out the top three with a share of 24.3-25%.
Samsung’s latest generation of LPDDR5X was used in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and was manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s 12nm process. Earlier models, including the Galaxy S23 Ultra, used LPDDR5X chips manufactured using 14nm technology.
Samsung’s latest generation of LPDDR5X chips were manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s 14nm process.
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