Technology giant Samsung has released news that it is now mass producing 8GB GDDR5. The new memory chips built on Samsungs 20nm process technology will be supplied to the creators of GPU's such as AMD and Nvidia.
The new 8GB chips complete Samsung's lineup of 20nm GDDR5 on the mass production lines, to complement its existing 4GB and 6GB densities. Just two of the new chips will be required to kit out a device with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Compared to its existing 4GB GDDR5 DRAM the new memory ups the transfer rate from 7Gbps to 8Gbps. Samsung also states that this new DRAM is over four times faster than the commonly used DDR3 DRAM often paired with laptop installed GPUs.
Along with increased performance, Samsung believes its new 8GB GDDR5 could allow system makers and board manufacturers to cut costs. As mentioned above, just two of the chips are enough to make up 2GB of memory capacity on a device. For games console makers like Sony, which currently uses sixteen 4Gb GDDR5 chips in its PS4, a halving of required chips could cut down on its manufacturing costs while adding a bit of a speed boost to the system.
How soon could we be seeing these new chips implemented into the latest cosumer GPU's is still unclear, but with rumours already circulating on the un-released 380X series from AMD, I'm sure we'll be hearing more on 8GB GDDR5 very soon.
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The new 8GB chips complete Samsung's lineup of 20nm GDDR5 on the mass production lines, to complement its existing 4GB and 6GB densities. Just two of the new chips will be required to kit out a device with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. Compared to its existing 4GB GDDR5 DRAM the new memory ups the transfer rate from 7Gbps to 8Gbps. Samsung also states that this new DRAM is over four times faster than the commonly used DDR3 DRAM often paired with laptop installed GPUs.
Along with increased performance, Samsung believes its new 8GB GDDR5 could allow system makers and board manufacturers to cut costs. As mentioned above, just two of the chips are enough to make up 2GB of memory capacity on a device. For games console makers like Sony, which currently uses sixteen 4Gb GDDR5 chips in its PS4, a halving of required chips could cut down on its manufacturing costs while adding a bit of a speed boost to the system.
How soon could we be seeing these new chips implemented into the latest cosumer GPU's is still unclear, but with rumours already circulating on the un-released 380X series from AMD, I'm sure we'll be hearing more on 8GB GDDR5 very soon.
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