Nah...Sean gonna drop in and catch up with SK Hynix and chew the fat on their neuromorphic AI thoughts.
I wish
As AI technology and services continue to rapidly develop, SK hynixās AI semiconductors will also evolve to meet the market and consumer needs.
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[We Do Future Technology] Become a Semiconductor Expert with SK hynix ā AI Semiconductors
May 9, 2023
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Ultimately, AI semiconductors need to combine the functions of a processor and memory while providing more enhanced qualities than the Von Neumann architecture. SAPEON Korea, an AI startup jointly founded by SK hynix, recently developed an AI semiconductor for data centers named after the company. The SAPEON AI processor offers a deep learning computation speed which is 1.5 times faster than that of conventional GPUs and uses 80% less power. In the future, SAPEON will be expanded to other areas like autonomous cars and mobile devices. SK hynixās commitment to developing technologies to support AI is further highlighted by its establishment of the SK ICT Alliance alongside SK Telecom and SK Square.
The alliance invests and develops in diverse ICT areas such as semiconductors and AI to secure global competitiveness.
Furthermore, SK hynix is also developing a next-generation CIM3 with neuromorphic semiconductor4 devices
SK hynix Inc. announced that it has started supplying its customers with 16 GB packages of LPDDR5T, the world's fastest mobile DRAM.
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SK hynix Commercializes Worldās Fastest Mobile DRAM LPDDR5T
November 13, 2023
News Highlights
- Starts supplying 16 GB mobile DRAM package to global smartphone makers
- LPDDR5T to be adopted in the latest smartphones along with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 mobile processor
- āCompany to continue developing high-performance DRAM products to bring āOn-Device AIā technology to smartphonesā
Seoul, November 13, 2023
SK hynix Inc. (or āthe companyā,
www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has started supplying its customers with 16 gigabyte (GB) packages of Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo (LPDDR5T)1, the fastest mobile DRAM available today that can transfer 9.6 gigabits per second (Gbps).
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LPDDR: Low power DRAM for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, which aims to minimize power consumption and features low voltage operation. The latest specifications are for the 7th generation, succeeding the series that end with 1, 2, 3, 4, 4X, 5 and 5X. LPDDR5T is a newly developed version by SK hynix, and an upgraded product of the 7th generation
(5X), prior to the development of the 8th generation LPDDR6.
Since the successful development of its LPDDR5T in January, SK hynix has been preparing to commercialize the product by conducting performance verification with global mobile application processor (AP)2 manufacturers.
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Mobile AP: A semiconductor chip that serves as the ābrainā of mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets. It is also the central processing unit in a system-on-chip (SoC) format that contains a complete set of products and systems, including computation, graphics, digital signal processing, etc., in a single chip.
SK hynix explained that LPDDR5T is the optimal memory to maximize the performance of smartphones, with the highest speed ever achieved. The company also emphasized that it would continue to expand the application range of this product and lead the generation shift in the mobile DRAM sector.
The LPDDR5T 16 GB package operates in the ultra-low voltage range of 1.01 to 1.12V set by the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), and can process 77 GB of data per second, which is equivalent to transferring 15 full high-definition (FHD) movies in one second.
The company recently started shipping its product to a global smartphone manufacturer, Vivo, which also announced that its latest smartphones, X100 and X100 Pro, will be equipped with SK hynixās up-to-date memory packages.
These devices will also be packed with MediaTekās newest flagship mobile AP āDimensity 9300ā. In August, SK hynix
confirmed that it has completed the performance verification for application with MediaTekās next-generation mobile APs.
āSmartphones are becoming essential devices for implementing On-Device AI3 technology as the AI era kicks into full swing,ā said Myoungsoo Park, Vice President and Head of DRAM Marketing at SK hynix. āThere is a growing demand for high-performing, high-capacity mobile DRAMs in the market.ā
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On-Device AI: Artificial intelligence technology that implements AI capabilities on the device itself, instead of going through computation in a physically separated server. AI functions can become more responsive and provide more customized AI services as smart devices are capable of collecting and computing information on its own.
āWe will continue to lead the premium DRAM market based on our technological leadership in AI memories, while staying in tune with market demands,ā Park added