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Despite the fact that the arrival of this type of memory dates back to 2018, Samsung was the first company to implement them in a commercial mobile with the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Just this morning it was Western Digital, the leading manufacturer of mobile memory along with Samsung and Toshiba, who announced their memories based on UFS 3.0. But, what improvements does it mean compared to other types of memory such as eMMC or UFS 2.1? Recall that the latter was proclaimed as the fastest standard to date, with maximum speeds of 600 MB / s per channel. Version 3.0 involves serious improvements in terms of reading and writing speed.
This is how UFS 3.0 memory will improve the performance of your mobile
The UFS 2.0 and 2.1 type memories in the mid and low ranges have not yet been implemented and Western Digital has already announced the release of its own memory models. Of course, as is usual, they will be limited to high-end models, since currently the cost is quite high for mid-range and low-end mobiles.
As for the capabilities of Western Digital's UFS 3.0, although it is true that the company has not provided much data, it has ensured that it will be capable of reaching write speeds of up to 750 MB / s. To give us an idea, a movie that is approximately two hours long would take just 3.6 seconds to write. In the case of having a dual-channel architecture, we could be talking about exceeding speeds above 1500 MB / s.
Samsung Galaxy Fold, the world's first mobile with UFS 3.0 memories.
This in the case of Western Digital. According to data provided by Samsung during the presentation of its UFS 3.0 memories at the end of 2018, at the speed reached by its memories they have maximum peaks of 1,450 MB / s, which in dual channel would mean about 2,900 MB / s.
How does this influence the performance of a mobile when push comes to shove? As with computers, the speed of the system depends, in addition to the processor, on the speed of the hard disk. On mobiles this would be noticed when installing applications, moving, copying and pasting files of any kind, recording video in resolutions up to 8K and above all managing within the system.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 still has UFS 2.1 memories.
Also, the possibilities when developing software for smartphones would expand enormously. We are talking about applications that would allow us to edit video in high resolution, develop photographs up to 48 megapixels in RAW format and even handle 3D objects. Also 5G would benefit from this technology by having high rates of read and write speeds.
Source - Business Wire
