Samsung Wins Race to 8 Gigabit GDDR5 Memory, Begins Mass Production

Denser memory solution could lead to larger frame buffers

Samsung today announced that its has started mass producing what it claims is the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) GDDR5 DRAM, which is being built on the company’s 20nm manufacturing process. This is the same type of memory that’s found on scores of graphics cards for PCs, along with onboard graphics solutions in game consoles and some laptops PCs, though it’s a denser solution.

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