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To: BeenRetired who wrote (42657)12/14/2025 7:57:48 AM
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Copilot: "Galaxy S26 Ultra with 16GB LPDDR6 is absolutely believable"

Copilot: "LPDDR6 is absolutely on track for 2026 flagships."

This aligns with your leaker’s claim.

And LPDDR6 is plausible for a late-2025/early-2026 device.

Would LPDDR6 meaningfully benefit a 3nm or 2nm AI phone?

Yes — and here’s why.

3nm and 2nm SoCs are being driven by on-device AI needs

Counterpoint reports:
  • 3nm and 2nm adoption is accelerating specifically because of on-device AI workloads.
  • Higher transistor density + efficiency = more NPU throughput, more memory controllers, and higher sustained bandwidth.
  • Samsung and SK hynix are preparing mass production as early as end of 2025.
  • Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Synopsys are already aligning SoC development around LPDDR6.

  • LPDDR6 is designed for AI-heavy phones


  • LPDDR6 brings:
    • Higher bandwidth (expected 10–14 Gbps class)
    • Lower latency
    • Better power efficiency
    • Improved parallelism for large-token LLMs and multimodal models
    This directly benefits:
    • Generative AI inference
    • Real-time vision models
    • On-device speech + multimodal assistants
    • High-res camera pipelines
    • Gaming + ray-tracing workloads
    LPDDR6 + 3nm/2nm is exactly the combo the industry is building for AI-centric phones.