Samsung is first out of the gate with GDDR7, but it might be a while before we see it installed into market-ready products. | Image: Samsung
On Wednesday, Samsung announced that it has completed the development of the industry’s first GDDR7 DRAM, the next generation of graphics memory that will feature in future computing, vehicle, and gaming hardware releases. The company’s key partners can expect to install the new chips into their next-gen systems later this year for testing. If all goes well, we could see products running Samsung’s GDDR7 memory hitting the market sometime next year.
“Our GDDR7 DRAM will help elevate user experiences in areas that require outstanding graphics performance, such as workstations, PCs and game consoles, and is expected to expand into future applications such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and automotive vehicles,” said Yongcheol Bae,…