News & Reviews:   NAND

As we have been reporting for weeks, the shortage of memory chips across the world will raise the prices of smartphones this year. According to new research from Counterpoint Research, rising DRAM and NAND flash costs are significantly increasing the bill of materials for smartphones across all price segments, forcing manufacturers to reconsider their component strategies.

Samsung has released a new memory chip today and it's said to be a perfect fit for 5G low-cost devices. The new LPDDR5 uMCP (UFS-based MCP) is a multichip package that combines the company’s fastest LPDDR5 DRAM with the latest UFS 3.1 NAND flash in a single package. Currently, the product is the first such smartphone memory solution appearing in the industry.