SK Hynix develops sixth-gen DRAM chip that uses less power


FILE PHOTO: The logo of SK Hynix is seen at its headquarters in Seongnam, South Korea, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -SK Hynix, world's second-largest memory chip maker, said on Thursday it had developed the industry's first sixth-generation 10-nanometre dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip with reduced power consumption than older models.

The Nvidia supplier said in a statement the chip, called 16Gb 1c DDR5, has improved power efficiency from the previous generation chip by more than 9%.

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