Samsung's GDDR4 graphics memory goes to 2000MHz
While Samsung has been dabbling in the RAM world quite a bit of late, kicking out the micro-sized OneDRAM and cellphone-bound gigabit-density DRAM, the firm is now officially loosing its 2000MHz GDDR4 RAM on the world. While the zippy memory is already found on ATI's Radeon X1950 card, it'll now be available en masse to graphics card producers in order to speed up current and future offerings "by up to 66-percent." By using 80-nanometer production technology, the memory boasts a 4Gbps throughout, which is nearly two-thirds higher than the widely used 2.4Gbps GDDR4 variety out now; additionally, it'll be offered to vendors in just a 512MB density, rock a 32-bit data bus configuration, and utilizes "JEDEC-approved standards for signal noise reduction to help attain the highest possible speed." No word on how much Sammy plans on charging speed-freaked manufacturers, nor how long it'll take for a kilowatt-burnin' card other than the X1950 to include such a luxury, but we wouldn't count on it being too much longer, regardless.[Via TGDaily]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
g3n3tiX @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:26PM
Well, R600 is supposed to get GDDR4...hope it benefits from this.
Dustin Leiblein @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:37PM
Isn't 2000Mhz alos 2Ghz?
Blake @ Feb 23rd 2007 7:39PM
I think.
Maybe 2 Ghz is 2048 Mhz...
Josh Warner @ Feb 23rd 2007 8:40PM
The 'Power of 2' rule only applies to data storage amounts, because of the reciprocal relation between 0 and 1. Chip frequency (units of Hz, or 1/s), is not affected. Therefore 2000 MHz is in fact equivalent to 2 GHz.
Jacob Magnusson @ Feb 24th 2007 7:12AM
There's quite a difference between 512MB and 512Mb (it would be a real breakthrough if these were 512MB per chip), if you haven't noticed, Engadget. Do we really have to guess if it's byte or bit every single time you write something about new technology?
idk @ Feb 25th 2007 2:08AM
uhhm.. I, and like a bunch of other people, have already OC'ed our X1950XT's to 2GHz. And it runs perfectly stable!
Does that count?