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SK Hynix giver mulighed for GDDR6 RAM allerede i starten af 2018

Via en pressemeddelse fra SK Hynix, bekræfter de nu high-end grafikkort baseret på GDDR6 allerede rammer markedet i 2018, og dermed også muligheden for vi får NVIDIA Volta og AMD Vega at se med netop GDDR6.

Dog ligger en tidlig release af GDDR6 også op til andre projekter som f.eks. Pascal Refresh m.v.

SK Hynix skriver følgende:

SK Hynix Inc.today introduced the world’s fastest 2Znm 8Gb(Gigabit) GDDR6(Graphics DDR6) DRAM. The product operates with an I/O data rate of 16Gbps(Gigabits per second) per pin, which is the industry’s fastest. With a forthcoming high-end graphics card of 384-bit I/Os, this DRAM processes up to 768GB(Gigabytes) of graphics data per second. SK Hynix has been planning to mass produce the product for a client to release high-end graphics card by early 2018 equipped with high performance GDDR6 DRAMs.

 

Groft kogt ned, så vil GDDR6 overtage GDDR5 og GDDR5X ved at tilbyde at kunne sende større datamængde gennem, op til 16 Gbps og samtidigt afvikles ved et lavere forbrug, what’s not to like?
SK Hynix ligger heller ikke skjul på deres jagt starter med at komme ind på markedet for gaming og det professionelle segment, og så den vej jagte high performance markedet. Faktum er GDDR6 bliver et markant leap i grafikkorts industrien, som udover lavere strømforbrug, som naturligvis er en markant faktor, så vil GDDR6 også betyde højere clock frekvenser, nye designs på alle produkter de monteres på, men ikke mindst priserne da GDDR6 immervæk er billigere at producere end HBM baseret RAM.

 

Den komplette pressemeddelse fra SK Hynix:

Seoul, April 23, 2017 – SK Hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) today introduced the world’s fastest 2Znm 8Gb(Gigabit) GDDR6(Graphics DDR6) DRAM. The product operates with an I/O data rate of 16Gbps(Gigabits per second) per pin, which is the industry’s fastest. With a forthcoming high-end graphics card of 384-bit I/Os, this DRAM processes up to 768GB(Gigabytes) of graphics data per second. SK Hynix has been planning to mass produce the product for a client to release high-end graphics card by early 2018 equipped with high performance GDDR6 DRAMs.

 

GDDR is specialized DRAM for processing an extensive amount of graphics data quickly according to what graphics cards command in PCs, workstations, video players and high performance gaming machines. Especially, GDDR6 is a next generation graphics solution under development of standards at JEDEC, which runs twice as fast as GDDR5 having 10% lower operation voltage. As a result, it is expected to speedily substitute for GDDR5 and GDDR5X. SK Hynix has been collaborating with a core graphics chipset client to timely mass produce the GDDR6 for the upcoming market demands.

“With the introduction of this industry’s fastest GDDR6, SK Hynix will actively respond to high quality, high performance graphics memory solutions market” said senior vice president Jonghoon Oh, the Head of DRAM Product Development Division. “The Company would help our clients enhance their performance of high-end graphics cards” he added.

 

GDDR6 is regarded as one of necessary memory solutions in growing industries such as AI(Artificial Intelligence), VR(Virtual Reality), self-driving cars, and high-definition displays over 4K to support their visualization. According to Gartner, average graphics DRAM density in graphics cards is to be 2.2GB this year and 4.1GB in 2021 with CAGR of 17%.

 

Credit: SK Hynix @ Tweaktown