Subj : Samsung's fiercest rival unveils mobile storage chip that will ma
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed May 15 2024 18:30:06

Samsung's fiercest rival unveils mobile storage chip that will make phones 
and laptops faster  SK Hynix claims that its ZUFS tech will boost local AI 
inference without consuming more resources

Date:
Wed, 15 May 2024 17:25:45 +0000

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Samsung's chief rival SK Hynix has developed a next-generation mobile NAND 
called ZUFS 4.0.

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SK Hynix, one of the biggest rivals to Samsung, has been making some major 
announcements recently, including plans to construct the worlds largest chip 
factory , and a tie up with TSMC to produce the next-generation of High 
Bandwidth Memory, known as HBM4. 

The companys latest move is the development of a next-generation mobile NAND 
solution called Zoned UFS (ZUFS) 4.0, which is optimized for on-device AI in 
mobile devices, particularly smartphones. 

ZUFS technology classifies and stores data generated from smartphones in 
different zones, based on their characteristics. In contrast to a traditional 
UFS, ZUFS 4.0 groups and stores data with similar purposes and frequencies, 
which reportedly boosts the speed of the devices OS and improves 
overallstorage efficiency. ZUFS production 

SK Hynix claims The ZUFS also shortens the time required to run an 
application from a smartphone in long hours use by 45%, compared with a 
conventional UFS. With the issue of degradation of read and write performance 
improved by more than four times, the lifetime of the product also increased 
by 40%. 

SK Hynix says ZUFS 4.0 meets JEDEC specifications and that mass production of 
the chip will begin in the third quarter. 

Ahn Hyun, the Head of the N-S Committee at SK Hynix, stated that customers 
are demanding higher quality memory solutions as major tech firms shift their 
focus towards developing on-device products that incorporate their own 
generative AI applications. He said the company will "continue to work toward 
strengthening its leadership as the global top AI memory provider by 
supplying high-performance NAND solutions that meet such higher requirements 
at a right time, while building up stronger partnership with leading ICT 
companies. More from TechRadar Pro SK Hynix and Kioxia could build lucrative 
HBM chips for Nvidia and AMD SK Hynix teams up with TSMC to advance HBM 
development A glimpse at what the future of memory and storage could look like



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