Samsung builds 8GB LPDDR4 packages on its 10-nm process

With high-resolution screens, 4K video, and VR applications becoming more popular—or at least on the horizon—Samsung sees a need to increase the speed and capacity of the memory available to smartphone and tablet manufacturers. Today, the company introduced an 8GB mobile DRAM package powered by four of its new 16Gb LPDDR4 chips. Manufactured on Samsung's 10-nm process, these chips have a higher capacity than the company's 20-nm chips while purportedly consuming a similar amount of power.