14 DAY TRIAL // Elpida released a variety of memory products over the years and, naturally, is not about to stop any time soon, having now stepped forth to announce its newest mobile RAM chip.
Whenever a chip maker manages to advance to a better manufacturing process, it will inevitably unveil new products. This goes for both DRAM and NAND Flash chips.
Elpida is one of the more active IT players of this sort, and it looks like it is eager to build on this image with its new press release.
This once, however, the company did not unleash some new DDR3 chip or module or another.
Instead, it looked to the mobile market and used the 30nm manufacturing process to create a mobile RAM, DDR2 chip with both a high capacity and frequency.
For those that want numbers, the 30nm-based chip has a clock of 1,066 MHz and a capacity of 4 Gb, which translates into 512 MB.
Considering the fact that this is a single chip, mobile devices, like smartphones and, of course, tablets, will definitely benefit from it.
These aren't even the only benefits, however, as the manufacturing technology alone is enough to confer extra advantages upon the processor.
Among other things, the chip is smaller, enabling thinner form factors and higher memory densities, when required.
“The new 4-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM achieves the thinnest package yet at 0.8mm,” says the press release.
Additionally, power consumption is reduced by 30% compared to a pair of 40nm 2 Gb chips put together.
Sample shipments will start this month, while mass production is scheduled for June. The newcomer will be available as a bare chip for MCPs (Multi Chip Package), in FBGA packages and PoP (Package on Package).
In other words. Mobile devices will be able to pack 4 Gb, 8 Gb and even 16 Gb of this DDR2 RAM at once.