SK Hynix said it expects the adoption of its 1c DDR5 DRAM to help data centers reduce their electricity costs by up to 30%.“We are committed to providing differentiated values to our customers by applying the 1c technology equipped with the best performance and cost competitiveness to our major next-generation products including HBM, LPDDR6 and GDDR7,” said Kim Jong-hwan, head of DRAM Development at SK.“We will work towards maintaining our leadership in the DRAM space and positioning as the most trusted AI memory solution provider.”The company also plans to apply its 1c technology to manufacture HBM4E, or the seventh-generation HBM chip, from 2026.
SK Hynix is the first memory maker to announce the use of the 1c or 10 nm-class process technology to produce DDR5 DRAM, leaving rivals such as Samsung and Micron Technology Inc.technologically behind.“The degree of difficulty to advance the shrinking process of the 10 nm-range DRAM technology has grown over tech generations, but we have become the industry’s first to overcome the technological limitations, following our industry-leading 1b technology, or the fifth-generation 10 nm node,” the company said in a statement.
The South Korean chipmaker said on Thursday it has developed the industry’s first 16 gigabit (Gb) DDR5 built using its 1c node – the sixth generation of the 10-nanometer process technology.
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