Samsung Wins Presidential Award for GDDR7 DRAM... Most Ever for a Single Company

Presidential Commendation at Korea Technology Awards on December 3
Samsung Receives Presidential Award for the Eleventh Time
Next-Generation DRAM Optimized for Graphics and AI Computing
GDDR7 Gains Spotlight as 'Reducing Inference Costs' Becomes Key
Jensen Huang's Autograph at GTC 2025 in March
Samsung's Memory Technology Recognized... Accelerating Technology-Driven Management

Samsung Electronics has been awarded the Presidential Award at the Korea Technology Awards for its GDDR7 DRAM, which boasts the industry's highest capacity and best performance.

24Gb GDDR7 DRAM developed by Samsung Electronics. Samsung Electronics

On December 3, Samsung Electronics announced that it would receive the Presidential Commendation at the opening ceremony of the '2025 Korea Tech Festival' held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, for the world's first 12-nanometer-class '40Gbps 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM.' This marks the eleventh time Samsung Electronics has received the Presidential Award, making it the company with the most awards ever for a single corporation.

Samsung Electronics' GDDR7 is a next-generation DRAM optimized for graphics and artificial intelligence (AI) computing. Recently, it has rapidly established itself as a core memory in the AI market. In particular, as the focus of AI competition shifts toward 'reducing inference costs,' the value of GDDR7 is being highlighted even further.

Samsung Electronics' GDDR7 also drew public attention in March at NVIDIA's annual technology conference, 'GTC 2025,' held in San Jose, California, when Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, personally autographed the product.

Compared to high-bandwidth memory (HBM), GDDR7 offers advantages in cost, power efficiency, and lightweight design. Based on these strengths, it is regarded as the optimal memory solution in the AI market, which is increasingly centered on inference.

The award-winning product has improved power efficiency by 30% by applying high-performance, low-power circuit design technologies, such as dual power supply architecture and power gating techniques that minimize leakage current.

Samsung Electronics plans to use this award as an opportunity to solidify its leadership in next-generation memory technology and accelerate its technology-driven management. Previously, Samsung Electronics established a dedicated memory development organization through its year-end personnel changes, further accelerating its efforts to secure future technologies.

Kim Dongwon, a researcher at KB Securities, predicted, "Recently, NVIDIA requested a significant increase in GDDR7 supply from Samsung Electronics, which is expected to more than double the production capacity at the Pyeongtaek line," and forecast that Samsung Electronics will maintain its exclusive supplier status of GDDR7 to NVIDIA for the time being.

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