Samsung: 24 Gbps GDDR6 ready for next generation video cards

Samsung ha started sampling (sampling) of memory GDDR6 a 16 gigabit with speed of 24 Gbps, that is, it began supplying chips to interested customers for integration into various projects. This is a formal announcement that follows late 2021 clues and causes the South Korean manufacturer to align with Micron and GDDR6X.

The new memory, made with 1z process (third generation of a process “in the 10 nm class”) using technology EUV (extreme ultraviolet lithography), is aimed at next generation video cards for desktop and notebook PCs, as well as all those applications where high memory performance is required, such as accelerators for AI and HPC.

Made with a material High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) that minimizes current leakageSamsung’s 24 Gbps GDDR6 “will deliver 30% faster speeds compared to the previous 18 Gbps solutions “, coming to transfer – in combination with high-end GPUs – up to 1.1 terabytes of data (275 Full HD movies) per second.

In the range of Samsung will also find space low consumption solutions designed to preserve autonomy on laptops. “Using technology dynamic voltage switching (DVS)“, explains the company,” capable of adjusting the operating voltage according to the performance requirements, Samsung will provide 20 and 16 Gbps versions with an operating voltage of 1.1Vthat is an energy efficiency approximately 20% higher than the industry standard of 1.35V of GDDR6 “.

Samsung believes that the market for high-performance graphics memory will grow “in double digits every year in the next few years”.