GDDR4 on the horizon, GDDR5 in 07

[D_o_S]

DRAMeXchange, a research company in the memory market, released a trend estimation report on graphic memory (GDDR). It pointed out that game console products would push forward the demand for GDDR in 2006 Q4, and the wave would be followed by the release of Windows Vista in 2007 Q1. As there will be an increased demand for GDDR memory in notebooks and game consoles, DRAM manufacturers plan to raise the production of GDDR chips to fulfill the demand in the coming 2 quarters.

DRAMeXchange indicates that the raise in working frequency of GPUs is the main force to push the development on GDDR memory, providing a higher memory frequency to fulfill the need of bandwidth. Samsung and Hynix have already provided GDDR4 samples to ATi and nVidia. The first GDDR4 graphic card to be available in August is the ATI Radeon X1950XTX, using Samsung K4U52324QE-BC09 (16Mx32, 1.8V, 8K/32ms, 0.91ns @ 1100MHz). The release indicates the move to GDDR4 era. Not too long to wait, manufacturers plan to make GDDR5 available in late 2007. GDDR5 is now in the design stage and first samples will be sent to partners in mid-2007.



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[WarEagleAU]

This is just crazy....

This is awesome, but how much more memory configs can we get? I mean, GDDR5 at end of 2007 which would make a GDDR4 memory card kind of obsolete?? While this is cool, it seems to be a little over kill to me....


Feel free to flame away....

 

[DaJMasta]

Wow, nVidia's GDDR4 must be hella fast, I don't think I've seen anything run at 1.2GMHz!!!






Things get faster to a point, then they actually need to get better. I don't see problems with more GDDR types, but they're going to start hitting the limit of the design and technology pretty soon....

 

[overcast]

GIGAMAHERTZ!

I agree, you see it happening in the PC market as well. Current DDR outperforming DD2 at twice the frequency. They should be concentrating on doing as much as possible with each clock cycle , rather than playing the MHZ game. Look at current CPU's we've been holding in the 2-3ghz range forever. Look at the lowest end Conroes at 2.0ghz.

Wow, nVidia's GDDR4 must be hella fast, I don't think I've seen anything run at 1.2GMHz!!!






Things get faster to a point, then they actually need to get better. I don't see problems with more GDDR types, but they're going to start hitting the limit of the design and technology pretty soon....

 

[jocksteeluk]

the developers know that the faster the spped of the parts the more intrest in the product, nvidia and ati should forget faster ram and make some freaken energy efficient gpu's otherwise witht he current trend vga cards will take a powersupply of their own to run

 

[overcast]

Too late, the day we first had to plug our cards into the power supply, they required one of their own.

the developers know that the faster the spped of the parts the more intrest in the product, nvidia and ati should forget faster ram and make some freaken energy efficient gpu's otherwise witht he current trend vga cards will take a powersupply of their own to run

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Too late, the day we first had to plug our cards into the power supply, they required one of their own.

was googling gddr4 and came upon this .. plz dont call me a necromancer.

anywyas lets see how this situtaion pans out.