Samsung, the world's biggest memory chip maker, might not use its own chips in its next-generation high-end phone. According to a new report, the Galaxy S25 might use RAM from a different brand, which would be the first for a flagship Samsung smartphone.
Galaxy S25 might use Micron's DRAM chips instead of Samsung's
A report from South Korea claims (via) that most Galaxy S25 units will use Micron's DRAM chip. Samsung Semiconductor will reportedly be the secondary memory chip supplier.
Micron is a US-based memory chip maker that rivals Samsung. It has been Samsung's secondary memory chip supplier for over ten years. This is the first time it has been promoted as the primary supplier of DRAM chips.
If this is true, it would be humiliating for Samsung's semiconductor arm, as Samsung Electronics' own division, Samsung MX, won't be using its memory chips as the first choice.
Some claim that Samsung needs to urgently improve its memory chip design, as the company is falling behind its rivals not only in high bandwidth memory (HBM) but also in low-power DRAM (LPDDR).
Micron's DDR5X DRAM chips reportedly more efficient than Samsung's
Apparently, Samsung MX, Samsung's smartphone arm, chose Micron as the primary supplier after comparing the price and performance of DRAM chips from Micron and Samsung Semiconductor. This is an indirect acknowledgment that Micron's DRAM chips are superior.
It is reported that Micron's 10nm-class memory chips based on the 1b process are better than Samsung's chips. The South Korean firm has been unable to solve higher heat generation issues in its memory chips.
The Galaxy S25 is expected to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which is paired with 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5X DRAM and at least 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage. The 512GB and 1TB storage variants of the Galaxy S25 Ultra are rumored to use 16GB RAM.
The Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ will likely feature 12GB RAM and 256GB/512GB of internal storage.
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