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Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth

Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.

August 26, 2026

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Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.

## Hot Chips 2026: Samsung makes LPDDR5X smart with logic unit in memory — LPDDR5X-PIM is 3.01x faster than LPDDR5X in AI inference with 8x the bandwidth

Samsung detailed the industry's first LPDDR5X-PIM at Hot Chips 2026, adding logic directly to memory to speed up data-intensive workloads like AI inference.

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*Source: [TomsHardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/hot-chips-2026-samsung-makes-lpddr5x-smart-with-logic-unit-in-memory-lpddr5x-pim-is-3-01x-faster-than-lpddr5x-in-ai-inference-with-8x-the-bandwidth)*

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