Samsung Electronics, one of the leading manufacturers of advanced storage semiconductor technology, announced today that shipments of Samsung's first 16Gb GDDR6 (sixth-generation graphics double data transfer rate storage) video memory with 24Gbps processing speed have begun.

Samsung Electronics , one of the advanced storage semiconductor technology manufacturers, announced today that Samsung 's first 16Gb GDDR6 (sixth-generation graphics double data transfer rate storage) video memory with 24Gbps processing speed has begun shipping. This new graphics memory uses Samsung's third-generation 10-nanometer (1z)* process and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology, aiming to significantly improve next-generation graphics cards (video graphics arrays), laptops , game consoles, and -based artificial intelligence Intelligent applications and graphics performance of high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

Samsung Semiconductor 24Gbps GDDR6 video memory

Daniel Lee, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics' memory product planning team, said: "Today, the surge in data volume brought by AI and the Metaverse has driven the growth of demand for high-performance graphics processing, which requires processing massive amounts of data at extremely high speeds. Currently, Samsung's first 24Gbps GDDR6 is being sampled. We hope that this product can be verified on the next generation GPU platform and be introduced to the market in time to meet the new demand for "

Samsung 24Gbps GDDR6." Innovative circuit design, as well as highly advanced insulation material (high-K metal gate) that reduces current leakage as much as possible, increases the speed by 30% compared to previous 18Gbps products. When integrated into a high-end graphics card, up to 1.1TB of data can be transferred in one second, equivalent to approximately 275 full HD movies.

Samsung GDDR6 memory is designed to fully comply with JEDEC (Joint Electronic Equipment Engineering Council) specifications and is compatible with all GPU designs, making it widely applicable to more graphics solutions on the market.

Samsung Semiconductor 24Gbps GDDR6 video memory

Samsung's new GDDR6 series will also have low-power options to help extend the battery life of laptops, and the products will be available in 20Gbps and 16Gbps versions. It is equipped with dynamic voltage switching (DVS) technology that can adjust the operating voltage according to performance requirements. When the operating voltage is 1.1V, compared with the 1.35V GDDR6 industry standard, the energy efficiency is improved by approximately 20%. The demand for

video memory is increasing in PCs, laptops, game consoles, and even more graphics-heavy scenarios such as high-performance computing (HPC), autonomous driving, and electric vehicles . For these emerging areas, Samsung GDDR6 can achieve seamless 4K or 8K video playback while providing load support for resource-demanding AI accelerators.

Samsung maintains its dominant position in the global video memory market. It is expected that in the next few years, the proportion of high-performance graphics in the overall graphics memory market will achieve double-digit growth every year.

With the launch of customer verification and the release of the new GPU platform within the month, Samsung plans to simultaneously promote the commercialization of 24Gbps GDDR6 video memory, thereby boosting graphics technology innovation in the entire high-speed computing market.

*Samsung’s first generation 10nm DRAM is codenamed 1x, followed by the second generation 1y, the third generation 1z, the fourth generation 1a, and so on.

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