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On top of paying TSMC a premium for utilizing its 2nm technology next year, Qualcomm and MediaTek now have to deal with surging DRAM prices as they prepare for the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Dimensity 9600 next year. A rumor states that thanks to increased LPDDR6 RAM prices, only flagship chipsets like the ones mentioned above will be treated to next-generation memory, but that is not expected to make things easier for either Qualcomm’s or MediaTek’s smartphone partners.

Qualcomm to have two versions of its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, but only one will get LPDDR6 RAM support; MediaTek to only stick with one variant for the Dimensity 9600

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