Items tagged with gddr6

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Dec 15, 2021

Samsung's Lightning-Fast 24Gbps GDDR6 For Next-Gen GPUs Leaves GDDR6X In The Dust

Samsung has begun sampling blazing-fast GDDR6 memory chips that are capable of operating at a breakneck 24 gigabits per second (Gbps) and for whatever reason, the company is not shouting about it from a mountaintop. It would certainly be justified—at that speed, Samsung's memory not only matches Micron's supercharged... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Alleged AMD Radeon RX 6000 Big Navi Engineering Sample Leaks With 16GB GDDR6

It appears as though one of AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards has been spotted in the wild. While it is not clear which specific model is depicted, the photo purportedly shows an engineering sample installed in a test system, with some interesting details observable. Such as the onboard memory... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Jul 28, 2020

Will AMD's Radeon Big Navi Next-Gen GPU Use HBM2e Or GDDR6 Memory?

One thing we know for sure is that Big Navi is coming. AMD has not kept this a secret, even going so far as to say it will be a halo product. How it will fare against Ampere remains to be seen, but make no mistake, AMD has every intention of competing at the high end of the graphics market. The question is, will Big... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 01, 2020

Gigabyte Upgrades GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Turing Family With Performance Boosting GDDR6

Here is a little fun fact about technology journalism—the Consumer Electronics Show is typically the busiest time of the year for tech writers, while April Fool's Day is the most challenging. Why the latter? Gag announcement abounds, and in the wild world of technology, it's not always easy to separate the silliness... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Jun 28, 2018

2.5 Geeks 6/28/18: AMD 7nm Zen 2, GeForce Turing, Alienware Area-51, Snapdragon 1000, Orbi Mesh!

In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks podcast, Marco, Chris and Dave talk about NVIDIA’s next GeForce GTX called Turing and its potential use of MIcron GDDR6 memory, Alienware’s beastly Area-51 R5 all liquid cooled gaming PC with 18 core Skylake-X, Netgear’s Cable Orbi mesh router and cable modem kit... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 25, 2018

Micron Ramps Production Of GDDR6 Memory For NVIDIA GeForce GTX 20 Turing GPU Series

Micron is now mass producing next generation 8-gigabit (Gb) GDDR6 memory chips that will be used in a broad range of applications, the company announced today. The significance of this is that it means Micron is right on schedule with its next-gen graphics memory rollout—Micron in December of last year stated that its... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Sun, Jun 03, 2018

Overclocked Micron GDDR6 Memory Can Hit 20Gbps Speeds For Next Gen GPUs

Next-generation graphics cards that employ new GDDR6 memory should offer gobs of additional memory bandwidth. That new memory has been in the works for a while now and mass production has begun at various manufacturers as well. That means we could be seeing graphics cards launch soon packing the new memory on-board... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Apr 18, 2018

Rumored GeForce GTX 1180 Turing Specs Suggest TITAN Xp Crushing Performance For Hundreds Less

NVIDIA's next-generation graphics architecture for the consumer market is highly anticipated. After all, the current-generation Pascal architecture was launched two year ago, although we've seen some meaningful updates at the high-end over that time period. Given all the pent-up hype surrounding 12nm Turing GPU... Read more...

by Shawn Sanders - Wed, Jan 17, 2018

Samsung Begins Production Of GDDR6 High Speed DRAM For Graphics At A Blistering 18Gbps

Here we go PC gamers. Samsung has just officially announced the company has begun mass production of 16-gigabit GDDR6 memory to feed the memory bandwidth needs of more sophisticated graphics processing engines (GPUs), artificial-intelligence, the automotive sector and markets beyond. Just last week the chip maker... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Dec 21, 2017

Micron Readies GDDR6 At Speeds Up To 16Gbps For Next Gen GPUs In 1H 2018

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are becoming an increasingly more valuable resource in the computing arena. We've seen high-powered GPUs powering everything from gaming consoles, to high-end enthusiast PCs, to accelerators used for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, to products like... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 05, 2017

Micron Drives Toward 16Gbps GDDR5X And GDDR6 Graphics Memory For Production Ramp Q1 2018

There are competing memory standards in the graphics industry, including GDDR5, GDDR5X, and high bandwidth memory (HBM) solutions. What will tomorrow bring? If you ask Micron, the memory with roots in Boise, Idaho will tell you that it has a roadmap in place for faster GDDR5X memory and is also working on... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Apr 24, 2017

SK Hynix Announces Blazing Fast 16Gbps GDDR6 DRAM For Next Gen Graphics Cards

The future of high-end graphics cards might still belong to high bandwidth memory (HBM) technologies such as HBM2 and HBM3, but do not count out good old fashioned graphics double data rate (GDDR) DRAM. SK Hynix has not—the memory chip maker today announced what it claims is the world's fastest 20-nanometer class... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Dec 14, 2015

Micron’s HBM Alternative Arriving In 2016 With Twice The Performance Of GDDR5 Memory

Micron Technology, the memory maker headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is making waves today. First is the announcement that it's acquiring the remaining shares of Inotera for approximately $3.2 billion, and secondly Micron is talking about a next generation memory technology to rival the performance of High Bandwidth... Read more...