Monday, April 7th 2014
SK Hynix Developed the World's First Highest Density 128 GB DDR4 Module
SK Hynix Inc. announced that it has developed the world's first highest density of 128 GB (Gigabytes) module based on 8 Gb(Gigabit) DDR4 using its advanced 20 nm class technology.
This module has double density compared to existing 64 GB by taking advantage of TSV(Through Silicon Via) technology. This new product works at 2133 Mbps and with a 64-bit I/O it processes up to 17 GB of data per second. It also runs at ultra low-voltage of 1.2V which does at lower voltage than 1.35V of existing DDR3.
SK Hynix is expected to continuously maintain its technology leadership in the server DRAM market by providing the samples of the world's first 128 GB and 64 GB modules built on 8 Gb DDR4. The Company plans to start volume mass production of those from the first half of next year.
"The development of the world's first 128 GB DDR4 module has its significance in opening ultrahigh density server market" said Senior Vice President Sung Joo Hong, the Head of DRAM Development. "The Company will further strengthen its competitiveness in premium DRAM sphere with the development of high density, ultrahigh speed and low power consuming products" he added.
According to Gartner, server DRAM market will grow 37% in annual average until 2018 following expansion of mobile environment. Plus, the new interface DDR4 is expected to be certified by customers in this year and is anticipated to be commercialized regularly from 2015. Also, it is expected to be the main standard in the industry from 2016.
This module has double density compared to existing 64 GB by taking advantage of TSV(Through Silicon Via) technology. This new product works at 2133 Mbps and with a 64-bit I/O it processes up to 17 GB of data per second. It also runs at ultra low-voltage of 1.2V which does at lower voltage than 1.35V of existing DDR3.
"The development of the world's first 128 GB DDR4 module has its significance in opening ultrahigh density server market" said Senior Vice President Sung Joo Hong, the Head of DRAM Development. "The Company will further strengthen its competitiveness in premium DRAM sphere with the development of high density, ultrahigh speed and low power consuming products" he added.
According to Gartner, server DRAM market will grow 37% in annual average until 2018 following expansion of mobile environment. Plus, the new interface DDR4 is expected to be certified by customers in this year and is anticipated to be commercialized regularly from 2015. Also, it is expected to be the main standard in the industry from 2016.
16 Comments on SK Hynix Developed the World's First Highest Density 128 GB DDR4 Module
Cool its 1.2v but can I increase voltage to 1.5v to oc the speed from 2133mhz to 3000+mhz?
Hell, 4 gigabytes per RAM chip... I just upgraded from 4GB RAM sticks not too long ago.
As a consumer, the low voltage bit is nice. Might make for nice high density low power mobile DRAM modules. If you can get the same performance and double the capacity of two DRAM ICs versus one bigger one, that saves space and power.
All in all, it sounds like a win-win for the memory industry as long as your not interested incredibly performance gains. :P
All in all, I wouldn't mind have four DIMMs totaling 512GB of RAM. :p
With that much memory, I could completely rethinking how I use it because of the abundance of it... but I'm dreaming. Reality dictates we be patient. :rolleyes:
Since frequency is increasing, you need to lower the voltage to lower the overall power consumption. It's possible that problems can occur if you were to clock at 2400 - 2500MHz. This may cause interference with Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.
Not all technology improvements are about performance.
edit:
There is a board that already supports 128Gb of ram. www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130681
Maybe 256Gb then on a high end consumer board, but the lower end probably 64 and 128.
Edit again:
Newegg (and google,duckduckgo) cannot find a kit with 8x16Gb anyway, or even 1x16Gb.