06-25-2018, 11:30 PM
https://techreport.com/news/33848/micron...-gddr6-ram
Quote:The availability of a new type of memory chip is often a harbinger of new graphics processors. Micron's announcement that the company has started volume production of next-generation GDDR6 memory could be a precursor to the next go-round of cards for gamers and for data scientists in the fields of deep learning and AI. The company specifically says it has begun mass production of 8-Gb memory chips (1 GB). The company's catalog shows that initial GDDR6 RAM will have speeds ranging from 10 to 14 Gbps per pin at voltages from 1.25 to 1.35 V. An eventual 16-Gbps version will target up to 64 GB/s of bandwidth from one package.
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In any case, SK Hynix and Samsung have already announced mass production of GDDR6 memory, so Micron's relatively late ramp seems unlikely to impede any consumer products designed around this RAM that were already in the pipe. We've all heard the rumors that Nvidia will broach the topic of a new generation of GeForce cards later in August, and that may be where we first see this RAM as part of a shipping product. Only time will tell.