Korea on October 17, 2024-Samsung Electronics has announced a major technological leap with the development of the first 24 Gigabits GDDR7 DRAM, allowing high performance in AI-focused computing applications.
For high-performance GPU computing designs, the GDDR7 DRAM is significantly better than previous versions, achieving greater than 40 Gbps data transfer speeds.
Which is a 25% improvement over GDDR6 which was 32 Gbps. Such transfer rates are essential for next-gen AI-based systems and enable data-intensive computing solutions at high speeds.
“After developing the industry’s first 16Gb GDDR7 last year, Samsung has reinforced its technological leadership in the graphics DRAM market with this latest achievement,”
Said YongCheol Bae, Executive Vice President of Memory Product Planning at Samsung Electronics.
“We will continue to lead the graphics DRAM market by bringing next-generation products that align with the growing needs of the AI market.”
With the aid of Samsung’s 10nm-class 5th generation DRAM technology, designing the GDDR7 which uses up to 50% more cell density without increasing the size of the GDDR package, was made possible.
AI workstations, data centers, and advanced graphics systems will heavily rely on this memory. Its unique PAM3 signaling technology enables it to achieve this high speed and push it even higher later up to 42.5 Gbps depending on the factors.
Just like the performance aspects, power efficiency has also been prioritized, obtaining an improvement of better than 30%.
These results were obtained thanks to technologies adopted from mobile DRAM products. Validation with key GPU partners will begin in Q4 2024 while mass production should begin by Q1 2025.
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