Samsung’s memory products get the Carbon Trust rating for reducing CO2

Samsung has announced that five of its memory products have received global recognition from Carbon Trust for reducing carbon emissions. 20 other memory products and four automotive LED packages from the South Korean firm have received the carbon footprint certification.

The Portable SSD T7 (1TB), EVO Select (128GB) MicroSD cards, GDDR6 (8GB) VRAM, HBM2E (8GB) memory chip, and UFS 3.1 (512GB) storage chips have received the ‘Reducing CO2’ certification from Carbon Trust. The South Korean firm’s 20 other memory products have received the ‘CO2 Measured’ certification. The automotive LED products to receive the carbon verification from UL are Gen3 3W White LED, Gen3 3W Amber LED, Gen2 3W White LED, and Gen2 3W Amber LED.

Carbon Trust is an independent organization that helps and advises companies for a sustainable and low-carbon world. It certifies the environmental carbon footprint of firms, their products, and their complete supply chains.

The ‘Reducing CO2’ label means that the product’s carbon emission has decreased, and Samsung was able to achieve this through enhanced semiconductor production efficiency. Before a product’s carbon reduction is certified, its current carbon footprint must be measured to set a baseline.

According to the company’s estimates, the volume of carbon emissions reduced from its five memory products after their release (until July 2021) amounts to 680,000 metric tons of CO2. It is equivalent to 11.3 million urban tree seedlings grown for 10 years or greenhouse gas emissions from 149,000 cars when they are driven for one year.

Seong-dai Jang, Senior Vice President and Head of DS Corporate Sustainability Management Office at Samsung Electronics, said, “It is exciting to see our environmentally sustainable efforts receiving global acknowledgements. We will continue our path towards a sustainable future with ‘greener’ chips enabled by Samsung’s cutting-edge technology.”

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Samsung launches white variant of Smart Monitor M7 in South Korea

Samsung has launched a new color variant of the Smart Monitor M7 in South Korea. Earlier, the monitor was only available in black, but the company has now launched its white color variant. It is only available in South Korea for Kakao members for seven days, starting from November 22, 2021.

The new color variant of the Smart Monitor M7 is priced at KRW 580,000 (around $490) in South Korea, and it can be purchased from retail and online stores across the country. The Smart Monitor lineup has been a success, with Samsung claiming that it sold more than 100,000 units in South Korea alone.

The Smart Monitor M7 comes in 32-inch and 43-inch variants. It has 4K resolution and HDR10+ content playback capability. It runs Samsung’s Tizen OS that is seen on its smart TVs, which means you get access to various music and video streaming apps like Apple Music, Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, Samsung TV+, Spotify, and YouTube.

Samsung’s Smart Monitors also feature Wi-Fi 5, Wireless DeX, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth, One Remote control, built-in stereo speakers, and Tap View screen mirroring. You can even watch fitness videos and track your fitness using the Samsung Health service on the monitor.

Hye-seung Ha, Executive Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, said, “Due to the popularity of smart monitors that are optimized for the work-from-home era, we have broadened the range of consumer choices in the monitor market.”

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Latest One UI 4.0 beta for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 available now

It’s been a few weeks since Samsung opened up the One UI 4.0 beta for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in limited markets. This has enabled owners of Samsung’s latest foldables to get in on the Android 12 One UI 4.0 action.

The beta program is moving along nicely for the devices. Samsung has rolled out the latest One UI 4.0 beta for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. This goes to show that it may not be long before these devices receive the final version of the update.

Samsung’s latest foldables get the newest One UI 4.0 beta

The ZUKG build is the 3rd One UI 4.0 beta update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. It’s rolling out to users in South Korea today. The changelog mentions several improvements that this build brings. A handful of bugs have also been fixed. The changelog has been posted below for your convenience.

South Korea isn’t the only country where people with Samsung’s latest foldable phones can join the beta. The company recently opened it up to users in the United States as well. The process to join the beta remains the same, though.

Just head over to the Samsung Members app, tap on the beta banner and join. If you’re already running the beta firmware, you’ll receive an OTA update to the latest build when it becomes available.

Samsung has already released the One UI 4.0 Android 12 update to the public for the Galaxy S21 series. That’s the first lineup to get the update. Expect other high-end Samsung devices to get their final One UI 4.0 update before the end of this year.

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Weekly SamMobile Quiz 100 – Come test your Samsung knowledge!

Fancy yourself as a Samsung superfan? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of the Korean giant. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google.

We make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll participate and learn a thing or two about Samsung in the process! Don’t forget to share the results of the quiz with your friends and see if you can outscore them. A little competition never hurt anybody!

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You can save up to $800 on new Galaxy flagships with this Verizon deal

Verizon customers who are looking to buy a new Galaxy flagship smartphone can now save big on the Galaxy S21 series as well as the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3. The carrier is willing to offer a discount of up to $800 for customers that add a new line.

This effectively makes the base Galaxy S21 model “free” as long as customers add a second line. The Galaxy S21+ is $199 with this deal, whereas the Galaxy S21 Ultra costs $399.

Verizon released the Android 12 One UI 4.0 update for the Galaxy S21 series only a few days ago, so this deal offers a great opportunity for customers who want to be among the first to use the latest software.

The Galaxy S22 lineup will replace the Galaxy S21 in February, but the latter remains a great flagship even ten months later, especially if you can get one free.

This is also a great opportunity for foldable phone enthusiasts who might want to own the latest Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 models without having to pay the full retail price.

Check our reviews below for more information on these fantastic Samsung flagships, and watch our Galaxy S21 One UI 4.0 hands-on video for a closer look at the latest Android 12-based firmware.

Galaxy S21 review | Galaxy S21+ review | Galaxy S21 Ultra review
Galaxy Z Fold 3 review | Galaxy Z Flip 3 review

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Samsung’s next-gen DDR6 / GDDR6+ memory solutions will be 2x faster

Samsung Semiconductor is developing DDR6 memory for next-generation computing devices. The upcoming standard will be twice as fast as the ongoing DDR5 solution, though customers will have to wait a couple more years, at least, for its release. In addition to DDR6 memory, which will be used alongside CPUs, Samsung also talked about the future of GDDR memory, which is vital for graphics cards.

The company is in the early stages of DDR6 development, but the standard could be finalized in 2024 through an ongoing collaboration with JEDEC members, says a recent ComputerBase report. JEDEC is an independent semiconductor standardization body with over 300 members.

DDR6 will be twice as fast as DDR5 in all aspects

Once DDR6 memory is available, customers should take advantage of data rates that are twice as fast compared to DDR5 solutions. Similar to how DDR5 doubled the data rates over DDR4, the upcoming DDR6 standard should do the same and thus achieve transfer rates of around 12,800Mbps on JEDEC modules. Or roughly 17,000Mbps overclocked.

In addition, DDR6 will have twice the memory channels of DDR5, i.e., four 16-bit channels and 64 memory banks.

As for LPDDR6 (Low Power DDR), Samsung doesn’t appear to have any plans to increase transfer rates over LPDDR5, but the company is reportedly trying to achieve a 20% energy efficiency boost.

Samsung to replace GDDR6 with GDDR6+

Although Samsung will probably release GDDR7 sometime in the distant future, the company reportedly plans to offer a faster-than-GDDR6 solution sooner as a bridge between the two generations. Called GDDR6+, the memory standard will be a refinement over GDDR6.

GDDR6+ memory is said to reach speeds of up to 24Gbps per pin, which means that GPUs with 256-bit bus could achieve up to 768GB/s bandwidth. In turn, GPUs with a 320-bit or higher bus could exceed 1TB/s bandwidth.

As for what will be coming after GDDR7, it could be twice as fast as GDDR6 and top 32Gbps throughput per pin. However, there’s no official roadmap for GDDR7, so the upcoming GDDR6+ solution could fill in its place for a few years to come.

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These Samsung TVs are getting AV1 video codec on Netflix

Netflix has announced that it has started supporting the new AV1 video codec on select smart TVs from Samsung and other brands. AV1 is a modern royalty-free video codec that offers higher compression and better performance compared to conventional codecs.

AV1 was developed by AOMedia (Alliance for Open Media), and its founding members include Amazon, Apple, ARM, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, Nvidia, Samsung, and Tencent. Various other chipset, device, smartphone, and TV manufacturers are its promoters.

The AV1 video codec is now supported on the following smart TVs from Samsung.

• Select Samsung UHD Smart TVs (2020 or later)
• Select Samsung UHD QLED Smart TVs (2020 or later)
• Select Samsung 8K QLED Smart TVs (2020 or later)
• Samsung The Frame 2020 (and later)
• Samsung The Serif 2020 (and later)
• Samsung The Terrace 2020 (and later)

The media streaming giant said that it observed higher quality videos and fewer frame drops at the same bitrate while using the AV1 codec. The company is working with all its partners (device manufacturers) to roll out AV1 compatibility to more devices. It is also exploring the possibility of streaming HDR videos in AV1.

Netflix first started supporting the AV1 codec on Android smartphones early last year. Back then, the company said that it saw 20% better compression while using AV1 compared to the VP9 codec. It had also said that it wants to roll out AV1 on all the platforms. However, the company isn’t committing to any strict timeline.

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