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Samsung's mobile division has primarily sourced memory chips for its mobile devices from the company's semiconductor division. However, in recent years, the company has shown a greater willingness to move away from Samsung group companies and source components from elsewhere.
This became evident when it was confirmed that the Galaxy S25 series features RAM and storage chips from Micron, one of Samsung's rivals in the memory segment, aside from the company's own division. It appears Samsung MX is giving Micron an even bigger share of the pie.
Korean media is reporting that Micron will supply 60% of the LPDDR5X chips required for the Galaxy S25 while Samsung Semiconductor's share will be reduced to 40%. Samsung's latest flagship series is still in production and the company is placing orders with its suppliers based on demand projections.
As to why Micron is being favored over Samsung's semiconductor division, it's a familiar story of low yields. The report claim's Samsung's semiconductor unit has lower yields of LPDDR5X chips, which means it costs the division more to make these chips. Given the cost burden of the lower yields, it may be fine with handling only 40% of the supply for the Galaxy S25 series.
Micron's already vying for Samsung's Galaxy S26 series. It has reportedly shipped LPDDR5X samples to Samsung for its next flagship lineup with a reduced circuit line width that would further increase its yields.
The Galaxy S26 may also bring a RAM upgrade that many customers are looking forward to. Samsung has previously made the 16GB RAM option available in a few markets, but there's reason to believe that it may offer 16GB RAM as an option worldwide with the Galaxy S26 series.
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This became evident when it was confirmed that the Galaxy S25 series features RAM and storage chips from Micron, one of Samsung's rivals in the memory segment, aside from the company's own division. It appears Samsung MX is giving Micron an even bigger share of the pie.
Samsung's semiconductor division faces the familiar yield problem
Korean media is reporting that Micron will supply 60% of the LPDDR5X chips required for the Galaxy S25 while Samsung Semiconductor's share will be reduced to 40%. Samsung's latest flagship series is still in production and the company is placing orders with its suppliers based on demand projections.
As to why Micron is being favored over Samsung's semiconductor division, it's a familiar story of low yields. The report claim's Samsung's semiconductor unit has lower yields of LPDDR5X chips, which means it costs the division more to make these chips. Given the cost burden of the lower yields, it may be fine with handling only 40% of the supply for the Galaxy S25 series.
Micron's already vying for Samsung's Galaxy S26 series. It has reportedly shipped LPDDR5X samples to Samsung for its next flagship lineup with a reduced circuit line width that would further increase its yields.
The Galaxy S26 may also bring a RAM upgrade that many customers are looking forward to. Samsung has previously made the 16GB RAM option available in a few markets, but there's reason to believe that it may offer 16GB RAM as an option worldwide with the Galaxy S26 series.
The post Galaxy S26 could see Micron power performance with higher-yield ram appeared first on imeisource.