Visitors gather at CXMT's booth during a high-tech expo in Hefei, Anhui province, on April 26. CHINA DAILY
China is moving nearer to closing a key gap in high-end mobile memory, as the latest progress of ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, on LPDDR6 could further deepen coordination among domestic chip designers, handset makers and suppliers for the era of on-device artificial intelligence, said experts.
The comments came as the memory chip giant is nearing the end of research and development validation for its first LPDDR6 chip, a key step before final commercial production, according to media reports.
Published by the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) Solid State Technology Association in July 2025, the LPDDR6 standard defines a new generation of low-power memory for mobile and AI devices, raising data rates to as high as 14.4 gigabits per second from about 10.7 Gbps for LPDDR5X, while offering greater bandwidth, better energy efficiency and stronger reliability.
Experts say the stage indicates that the chip's core design is largely settled and has undergone systematic testing for performance, power consumption, compatibility and mechanical reliability, which is generally followed by small-batch introduction before a product enters mass production.
