TECH TALK
Samsung GDDR7 Heads for 32Gbps
Jarred Walton
Samsung already has GDDR7 memory modules in production, which seems like an easy pick for future GPUs and other devices.
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DRAM IS AT THE HEART
of many computing devices. Whether it’s DDR4 and DDR5 in PCs, HBM2 and HBM3 in GPUs, or GDDR6 and GDDR6X in graphics cards, a lot of the building blocks remain the same. It’s the signaling that get upgraded, and now GDDR7 is on its way, with Samsung modules in production and Micron’s alternatives to arrive in 2024.
It’s a safe bet that GDDR7 will end up in the next-generation AMD, Nvidia, and Intel GPUs. We don’t expect any of those to start shipping until 2024 at earliest—Intel’s Battlemage architecture will almost certainly be the first “next-gen” GPU to arrive—so we still have plenty of time. But the transition is otherwise right on schedule.