Samsung started working on next-gen DDR6 RAM, it’s 4x as fast as DDR4

DDR5 has never hit the shelves, but Samsung has confirmed that it is already working on the next generation of RAM. According to ComputerBase, the South Korean technology giant has brought insight into some of the next generation memory levels including DDR6, GDDR6+, GDDR7, and HBM3 at its 2021 technology day event.

Samsung says the development of the DDR6 standard has begun and will be assisted by JEDEC, a semiconductor engineering organization with more than 300 members, including some of the world’s largest computer companies.

The report suggests that the completion of the standard could be by 2024, but there is a good chance that the memory of the 6th-gen DDR will arrive in 2025 or 2026 considering that DDR5 has recently been introduced and is already affected by supply problems.

With regard to the specification of DDR6 memory technology, data transfer rates will double compared to its predecessors. It will therefore be able to operate at about 12,800Mbps on JEDEC modules – four times the same as DDR4 – in addition to gaining 17,000 Mbps on closed modules.

As for the number of memory modules per module, that will double in DDR6, with four 16-bit channels connected by 64 memory banks. GDDR (graphics double data rate) is particularly compatible with image cards and is an integral part of GPUs.

Elsewhere, Samsung plans to make the GDDR6+ standard available before the inevitable launch of GDDR7. It is reported to be running at speeds of up to 24Gbps, which will allow 256 future GPUs to load at 768GB/s bandwidth. In addition, GPUs with 320/352/384 small bus facilities are said to reach over 1TB/s bandwidth.

If you look beyond GDDR6 refinement, GDDR7 is expected to reach a transfer speed of up to 32Gbps. Samsung is also said to incorporate a real-time error protection feature on the scale. As Wccftech notes, GDDR7 memory will be able to provide 1.5TB/s speeds using a 384-bit virtual bus interface up to 2TB / s with a 512-bit system.

Another memory standard for the next generation Samsung was touched on was HBM3. The third generation of high bandwidth memory will enter the mass production phase by the second quarter of 2022. Samsung also emphasizes the technical competence of artificial intelligence applications.