The company said that the samples are the industry’s only 1β (1-beta) mobile-optimised memory and are heading for Qualcomm’s latest flagship mobile platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Micron LPDDR5X runs at 9.6 gigabits per second, providing the mobile ecosystem with the fast performance needed to unlock generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge. It offers better power-saving capabilities for mobile users.

Micron’s Mobile Business Unit general manager Mark Montierth said that generative AI is poised to unleash unprecedented productivity, ease of use, and personalisation for smartphone users by delivering the power of large language models to flagship mobile phones,

Qualcomm senior vice president of product management Ziad Asghar said: “Our collaboration with Micron to pair the industry’s fastest mobile memory, its 1β LPDDR5X, with our latest Snapdragon mobile platform opens up a new world of on-device, ultra-personalised AI experiences for smartphone users.”

Offered in capacities up to 16 gigabytes and providing the industry’s highest performance and lowest power consumption, Micron’s LPDDR5X delivers unprecedented support for on-device AI, accelerating generative AI’s capabilities at the edge.