Samsung Launches Faster GDDR6 Memory for Next-Gen GPUs, But Will Nvidia Use It?
Samsung has developed a faster GDDR6 memory that could end up in next-generation graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD.
The new GDDR6 memory can hit speeds up to 24Gbps, or what amounts to a 30% speed improvement over Samsung’s previous GDDR6 product, which could reach 18Gbps.
“The new memory is designed to significantly advance the graphics performance for next-generation graphics cards (Video Graphics Arrays), laptops and game consoles, as well as artificial intelligence-based applications and high-performance computing (HPC) systems,” the company said in Thursday’s announcement(Opens in a new window).
As an example, the new GDDR6 memory’s faster speeds can deliver up to 1.1 terabytes of data in one second, Samsung added. The technology is also designed to be compatible across all GPU designs, and scale down to lower-power options meant for laptops.
The Korean company has started sampling the new memory to interested customers. But time will tell if Nvidia or AMD will use the technology. In Nvidia’s case, the company tapped Micron’s GDDR6X(Opens in a new window) memory to power video RAM in the RTX 3000 series.
Back in April, Micron announced a new 16GB GDDR6X memory for the RTX 3090 Ti, which is capable of reaching 21Gbps. However, the company also had plans to increase the memory speeds to 24Gbps in the future.
As a result, it’s possible Nvidia could stick with Micron’s GDDR6X technology. The same could be true for AMD, which has also been using Micron’s standard GDDR6 memory for at least some “select(Opens in a new window)” Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards.
For now, Samsung has only said: “With customer verifications starting this month, Samsung plans to commercialize its 24Gbps GDDR6 DRAM in line with GPU
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