Samsung readies 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for next-generation AI-based GPUs
The DRAM component begins commercialisation early next year. #dram #gpu #samsung
Samsung 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM. Image: Samsung.
Samsung has announced its latest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductor component for powering GPUs, calling it an industry-first 24-gigabit (24Gb) DRAM.
The newly announced Samsung 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM uses a 5th-generation 10nm manufacturing process and is a follow-up to its 16Gb version launched last year. Samsung said this allowed the new DRAM to have 50% increased cell density despite having the same size as before.
The use of three-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM3) signalling in the Samsung 24Gb DDR7 DRAM also grants it up to 40Gbps speeds (and even 42.5Gbps, depending on how it's used), a 25% improvement over its predecessor.
All these, combined with power efficiency methods used in mobile processors (like clock control management, dual VDD voltage supply design), lead to 30% better power efficiency.
As such, the Samsung 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM is made to be included in graphic cards, gaming consoles, and even autonomous driving, which is important to GPU manufacturers.
Samsung said that validation of its 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM for “major GPU customers” begins this year, and products containing this DRAM will see commercialisation “early next year”.
Source: Samsung (Newsroom)
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