Samsung Mass Produces 800MHz GDDR3 Memory Chips

[klah]

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040209005829&newsLang=en

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor memory technology, today announced mass production of the industry's highest speed monolithic memory device, a Graphics Double Data Rate 3 (GDDR3) capable of achieving clock speeds of up to 800MHz. The GDDR3 is set to enable a new generation of ultra-high-density graphic memory cards designed to support high-end gaming systems, workstations and high-end portable computers.

"Our 8Mx32 GDDR3 provides customers with the fastest graphics memory on the planet at lower power consumption than existing graphics systems," said Mueez Deen, director of marketing for DRAM and Graphic memory products at Samsung Semiconductor Inc., San Jose, California. "It is a lower cost, lower power and faster alternative to equivalent density stacked solutions today."

"NVIDIA's advanced GPU architectures combined with high speed memory technology are paving the way for the cinematic computing age," said Bryn Young, director of memory marketing and sales at NVIDIA. "With the aid of high-speed memory technology such as Samsung's new GDDR-3 graphics memory, NVIDIA will continue to advance graphics technology at an incredible pace so game developers have the freedom to stretch the limits of the cinematic computing experience."

The GDDR3 graphics memory device offers an 800MHz alternative to the industry standard GDDR1, which achieves clock speeds of up to 400MHz. It will enable high speed 256 MBytes and 512 MBytes graphics cards as well as power efficient 128 MBytes notebook solutions. This combination of performance and density will further enable a realistic, cinematic experience in computer generated graphics imaging.

51.2GB/s with NV40 Ultra? Or not until NV45?

 

[Dman877]

So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

 

[vshah]

drool 😀

 

[InlineFive]

When can we get this stuff in PCs...

 

[jswjimmy]

wow! i did not think ram would ever make that big of a speed jump.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: Dman877
So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

don't think so. 400x2. not 800x2.
But somehow ATI is using this to do 1000Mhz. 500x2?

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Dman877
So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

don't think so. 400x2. not 800x2.
But somehow ATI is using this to do 1000Mhz. 500x2?

NVIDIA Welcomes Samsung 1.60GHz GDDR3

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Dman877
So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

don't think so. 400x2. not 800x2.
But somehow ATI is using this to do 1000Mhz. 500x2?

No, they mean 800 MHz (in other words 1600 Mb/s/pin).

In technical documents, MHz means the speed of DDR memory in terms of the base clock speed - not the actual data rate.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Mark R

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Dman877
So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

don't think so. 400x2. not 800x2.
But somehow ATI is using this to do 1000Mhz. 500x2?

No, they mean 800 MHz (in other words 1600 Mb/s/pin).

In technical documents, MHz means the speed of DDR memory in terms of the base clock speed - not the actual data rate.

Yup, 800Mhz (2x400) for videocards wouldn't exactly be considered news 🙂

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: Dman877
So that's 1600 mhz ddr then? good lord, me like.

don't think so. 400x2. not 800x2.
But somehow ATI is using this to do 1000Mhz. 500x2?

that wouldn't exactly be the fastest then

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

I stand corrected. Then wtf is ATI releasing their new cards with DDR3 at 1000Mhz speeds? Just setting the bar for other releases of future cards then I guess. I do wonder on the overclocking potential in them though.