GDDR6 SDRAM

GDDR6, an abbreviation for graphics double data rate type six synchronous dynamic random-access memory, is a type of synchronous graphics random-access memory (SGRAM) with a high bandwidth ("double data rate") interface designed for use in graphics cards, game consoles, and high-performance computing. It is a type of GDDR SDRAM (graphics DDR SDRAM), and is the successor to GDDR5.

This article is about DDR graphics RAM (SGRAM). For non-graphics (dynamic) DDR memory, see SDRAM.

Overview

The finalised specification was published by JEDEC in July 2017.[1] GDDR6 offers increased per-pin bandwidth (up to 16 Gbit/s[2]) and lower operating voltages (1.35 V[3]), increasing performance and decreasing power consumption relative to GDDR5X.[4][5]

Commercial implementation

At Hot Chips 2016, Samsung announced GDDR6 as the successor of GDDR5X.[4][5] Samsung later announced that the first products would be 16 Gbit/s, 1.35 V chips.[6][7] In January 2018, Samsung began mass production of 16 Gb (2 GB) GDDR6 chips, fabricated on a 10 nm class FinFET process and with a data rate of up to 18 Gbps per pin.[8][7][9]

In February 2017, Micron Technology announced it would release its own GDDR6 products by early 2018.[10] Micron began mass production of 8 Gb chips in June 2018.[11]

SK Hynix announced its GDDR6 products would be released in early 2018.[12][2] SK Hynix announced in April 2017 that its GDDR6 chips would be produced on a 21 nm process and be 10% lower voltage than GDDR5.[2] The SK Hynix chips were expected to have a transfer rate of 14–16 Gbit/s.[3] The first graphics cards to use SK Hynix's GDDR6 RAM were expected to use 12 GB of RAM with a 384-bit memory bus, yielding a bandwidth of 768 GB/s.[2] SK Hynix began mass production in February 2018, with 8 Gbit chips and a data rate of 14 Gbps per pin.[13]

Nvidia officially announced the first consumer graphics cards using GDDR6, the Turing-based GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080 & RTX 2070 on August 20, 2018,[14] RTX 2060 on January 6, 2019[15] and GTX 1660 Ti on February 22, 2019.[16] GDDR6 memory from Samsung Electronics is also used for the Turing-based Quadro RTX series.[17] The RTX 20 series initially launched with Micron memory chips, before switching to Samsung chips by November 2018.[18]

AMD officially announced the Radeon RX 5700, 5700 XT, and 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition on June 10, 2019. These Navi 10[19] GPUs utilize 8 GB of GDDR6 memory.[20]

See also
  • List of device bit rates

References
  1. GRAPHICS DOUBLE DATA RATE 6 (GDDR6) SGRAM STANDARD
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  14. https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/10-years-in-the-making-nvidia-brings-real-time-ray-tracing-to-gamers-with-geforce-rtx
  15. https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-is-here-next-gen-gaming-takes-off
  16. https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/new-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-delivers-great-performance-leap-for-every-gamer-starting-at-279
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  19. AMD RX Vega series
  20. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt-50th-anniversary-edition,39603.html
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