Qimonda Prepares GDDR5 Memory Chips

[PV5150]

Qimonda, the leading global supplier for DRAM memory products apparently intends to skip the GDDR4 graphics memory technology generation in favor of GDDR5. More in the news article

 

[a1651]

"GDDR5 now is intended to offer the missing low-power capability, along with tripling the performance of today's 800 MHz GDDR3 chips."

/me drool

More bandwidth please :yumyum:

 

[FarFarAway]

mmmm gotta love the thought of triple bandwidth

 

[FragTek]

Less power and more bandwidth, yes please!

 

[BloomerzUK]

Tech moves to fast for my wallet

 

[Toxcity]

WOAH!

GDDR4 hasn't even appeared properly yet!! CRAZY!

 

[PP Mguire]

Who cares? Just means faster hardware for us.