GDDR6 memory came out two years later: faster than GDDR5X, speeds up to 16Gbps-video card memory, GDDR6,GDDR5-IT information

Improve GPU performance, memory requirements have become more sophisticated, high-bandwidth, low-latency memory becomes the focus of development. In this regard, in addition to the revolutionary HBM beyond memory, GDDR memory will continue to upgrade existing Micron led GDDR5X video memory is only transitional, next generation memory standards GDDR6, expected in 2018 with the advent of DDR5 standard, rates of up to 14-16Gbps.

GDDR5 video memory has now reached the 8Gb particles, 8Gbps speeds, AMD, NVIDIA next-generation video cards are already in use, NVIDIA GTX 1080 video or take the lead in using GDDR5X memory, frequency 10Gbps, the latter is JEDEC standard, potential target rate up to 14Gbps, but GDDR5X only Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix looks does not intend to launch GDDR5X.

International Conference on Hot Chips before in 2016, Samsung open discussion on the age of of GDDR5 graphics standard proposed new rate video memory in 14-16Gbps, 1.35V, simply keep the clock frequency 1.75GHz case, data rate at least double.

From Samsung's road map, the next-generation memory standards is expected to be launched in 2018, DDR5 rate than 3Gbps,LPDDR5 rate than 6Gbps, GDDR5 frequency 14Gbps and the new standards will be more energy-efficient LPDDR5 energy efficiency upgrade 20%.

▲ LP4X like GDDR5X mentioned above, is transitional model, IO voltages down to 0.6V,IO part of the 45% energy, total energy 18%.

▲ LP4 era after the memory standard

GDDR6显存两年后问世：比GDDR5X更快，速率可达16Gbps - 显卡显存,GDDR6,GDDR5 - IT资讯

随着GPU性能的提升，对显存的要求也越来越高，高带宽、低延迟显存成为研发的热点。在这方面，除了革命性的HBM显存之外，现有GDDR显存还会继续升级，美光主导的GDDR5X显存只是过渡版，下一代显存标准将是GDDR6，预计2018年随着DDR5标准问世，速率可达14-16Gbps。

现在的GDDR5显存已经发展到了8Gb颗粒、8Gbps速率，AMD、NVIDIA新一代显卡都已经在用，NVIDIA的GTX 1080显卡还率先用上GDDR5X显存，频率10Gbps，后者也是JEDEC标准，潜在目标速率可达14Gbps，不过GDDR5X只有美光在搞，三星、SK Hynix看起来是没有打算推出GDDR5X了。

在日前的Hot Chips 2016国际会议上，三星公开讨论了后GDDR5时代的显存标准，提出新一代显存速率在14-16Gbps，电压1.35V，简单来说就是在保持时钟频率1.75GHz的情况下，将数据频率至少翻倍。

从三星给出的路线图来看，下一代内存标准预计会在2018年问世，其中DDR5速率超过3Gbps，LPDDR5速率超过6Gbps，而GDDR5频率超过14Gbps，而且新标准会更节能，LPDDR5标准能效提升20%。

▲上面提到的LP4X类似GDDR5X，也是过渡型号，IO电压降低到了0.6V，IO部分节能45%，总体节能18%。

▲后LP4时代的内存标准