Samsung unveils 6Gbps GDDR5 memory

Posted on Monday, December 03 2007 @ 11:37 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Samsung claims to have released the fastest memory in the world - the firm's new GDDR5 memory can transfer data at six gigabits per second.

Samsung’s GDDR5, which will be introduced at a density of 512 Mbit (16Mb x 32) chips, is capable of transmitting moving images and associated data at 24 gigabytes per second.

“We’re pushing image enhancement to a limit never before realized, enabling the smoothest, clearest animation that gamers have yet to experience,” said Mueez Deen, Marketing Director, Graphics Memory, Samsung Semiconductor. “Samsung’s 512Mb GDDR5 will enable the kind of graphics hardware performance that will spur software developers to deliver a new level of eye-popping games.”

The new Samsung graphics memory operates at 1.5 volts, representing an approximate 20 percent improvement in power consumption over today’s most popular graphics chip – the GDDR3.

Mass production of Samsung's new GDDR5 memory is expected in the first half of 2008.


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