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Efforts towards energy efficiency: Semiconductors

Semiconductors

Since 2009, we have showcased low-power memory solutions every year.

We are also focusing on increasing the energy efficiency of our products with innovative ultra-low power technology, thereby reducing carbon emissions resulting from product use. By calculating the carbon footprint of major products and identifying carbon reduction drivers, we are obtaining various environmental certifications both domestically and internationally.

We plan to secure ultra-low-power technologies that will enable us to significantly reduce the power consumption of memory used in data centers and mobile devices in 2025. Scaling down of semiconductors and advances in low-power design technology will not only contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the power used by various IT products and data centers but will also allow us to develop products with the same performance using fewer raw materials.

  • Low-power semiconductor memory

    Reduction of power consumption of global data centers

    • Developing high-performance SSDs for data centers to improve power efficiency compared to earlier generations of products

      • - PM9D3a: approximately 60% more power efficient than PM9A3 

    Development of next-generation low-power DRAM

    • Developing low-power memory semiconductors using new technologies such as EUV1), HKMG2), TSV3), and DVFS4) to reduce power consumption compared to previous products

      • - LPDDR5X: Achieved a 20% reduction in power consumption compared to the LPDDR4X
      • - LPCAMM2: Achieved 60% less power consumption compared to the SODIM.
    1. 1) Extreme Ultra Violet
    2. 2) High-K Metal Gate
    3. 3) Through Silicon Via
    4. 4) Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling

  • System semiconductors

    Reduction of power consumption and development of high-performance semiconductors

    • Mobile Processor Exynos 2400: Equipped with a deca-core CPU1) and hexa-core GPU2) to reduce power usage in mobile devices, with a 70% improvement in CPU performance over previous products 
    • Image sensor: Leading ultra-fine technology development to maximize resolution-to-area ratio and design optimizations that reduce the energy required to operate the product, including minimizing power for preview and HDR movements 
    1. 1) Central Processing Unit
    2. 2) Graphics Processing Unit
Last updatedJune 28, 2024