Electronics maker claims it's the "World's Fastest," outpacing GDDR4 by nearly 11 gigabits per second.
Samsung Electronics announced on Monday that it has developed the "world's fastest" memory, a GDDR5 (series five, graphics double-data-rate memory) chip that can transfer at 6 gigabits per second. Chips will be introduced at a density of 512 MB (16 Mb x 32) that are capable of transmitting moving images and other types of data at 24 gigabits per second. A 512 MB chip of GDDR4, for example, is capable of a data transfer rate of 12.8 gigabits per second.
Motherboard makers and chipset designers will need to update their designs with chipsets that are able to use the GDDR5 standard, which means it will likely be six months to a year before customers are able to buy actual GDDR5 memory sticks.
Samsung plans to begin mass production of the new chips next year.
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