Samsung plans to launch 32Gb DDR5 memory chips in 2023

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To support next-generation platforms from Intel and AMD, Samsung is preparing to launch a new range of DDR5 memory modules, such as the industry’s first 512GB RDIMM/LRDIMM based on 16Gb and 24Gb DDR5 memory chips. At the recent Samsung and AMD memory seminar, the two sides discussed the new direction of DDR5 memory technology, and Samsung revealed its DDR5 development plan.

According to TomsHardware, Samsung plans to launch a 32Gb DDR5 memory chip in early 2023, enabling it to manufacture 1TB memory modules in late 2023 or early 2024. The first product of 32Gb DDR5 chips for client PCs is a single 32GB memory, which will be seen around the end of 2023. Aaron Choi, an engineer in Samsung’s DRAM planning department, said 32Gb DDR5 memory chips are currently being developed on a new process node (below 14nm).


Samsung said that once memory using 32Gb DDR5 chips is comparable in yield to 16Gb DDR5, the price of single-sided 32GB memory will become very reasonable, even if the user wants to equip the system with 128GB of memory, it won’t cost too much. While memory capacity is important, for those enthusiasts, the frequency of the memory is also important, and for this reason, Samsung has aggressively increased the frequency of DDR5 memory.

With the release of next-generation platforms from Intel and AMD, DDR5 memory frequencies will increase to the 5200MHz to 5600MHz range. Some memory manufacturers will make high-frequency DDR5 memory from 6800MHz to 7000MHz, but this requires a higher voltage to achieve. Samsung plans to increase the frequency of DDR5 to 7200MHz or above at the JEDEC standard 1.1V by 2025, however, it did not disclose when the specific product will come out, which means that there may be DDR5 memory with a frequency of 10000MHz or above on the market.

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