14 DAY TRIAL // Elpida unveils multiple DRAMs over the years but it has always been especially gleeful when it had the chance to boast about being the first in the industry to accomplish a certain feat. Somehow, the company managed one such feat just a short while ago, and issued an official announcement to commemorate the event. What it did was show off what it claims to be the world's smallest LPDDR2 DRAM.
Elpida completed a 2Gb Low Profile DDR2 mobile RAM chip that should eventually start to show up as part of smartphones, tablets and other portable consumer electronics. It is based on the 40nm manufacturing process technology and has a data transfer rate of 1066 Mbps. Furthermore, it is powered at 1.2 V and can safely operate at temperatures ranging between -30 and 85 degrees Celsius.
“The new 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM was developed to target the smart phone and tablet PC markets. In addition to featuring low operating voltage of 1.2V it achieves a 1066Mpbs high-speed data transfer rate and can reach 8.5GB/second for a 64-bit system configuration. Because it uses roughly 30% less operating current compared with Elpida's existing 50nm products the new Mobile RAM is an eco-friendly DRAM that contributes to extending the operating time of mobile devices,” states the official press release.
The company plans to sell the new DRAM as a bare chip for MCP and will also configure it in PoP and FBGA packages, the last of which leverage the die-stacking technology, which enables 2.-gigabit to 8-gigabit products. All in all, the DDR2 will become the main 40nm product at the Hiroshima Plant. Elpida intends to start sending out samples of the Mobile RAM in August, and to start mass-producing it in September this year. All chips will consume about 30% less power than the 50nm equivalent.