Micron GDDR6 Graphic Memory | Confirmed, To be Out 1H 2018

Micron has Now confirmed with a news post that they have completed the design and qualification of next gen GDDR6 memory technology. They have also mentioned that the company plans to start mass production in first half of 2018. Kristopher Kido, Director of Micron’s global Graphics Memory, confirmed in their blog that their  GDDR6 memory technology has reached a point to finish design, device qualification and production and is now heading over to mass production which should happen in early 2018. Micron’s graphics division which are based in Munich and Boise are having important roles in memory development and they have reported that GDDR6 will offer pleasant results in memory bandwidth specs. Micron estimates that GDDR6 will achieve 16 Gb/s bin over time while the initial GDDR6 mass production will hit speeds of 12 and 14 GB/s. These speeds are much faster compared to G5X and GDDR5 variants.

While Samsung has also had its GDDR6 awarded in CES 2018 innovation awards of the year, no new actual product has been mass produced yet. 2018 is becoming a very important year for huge technology jumps. Both 12nm chips and GDDR6 are going to dominate the market and all chip and graphics industries are going to have major announcements in Q1 2018. CES 2018 is going to be very interesting because of all these innovations we are waiting to be revealed and announced.  Here are some qoute from Macrong recent blog post revealing the GDDR6 mass production new:

In June of this year, we mentioned that our GDDR6 program was on track and progressing well. Since that time, our Graphics teams in Munich and Boise have been hard at work, and both design and device qualification are complete. We are very pleased with the performance this memory will offer our customers across a range of products that crave memory bandwidth. via Micron

Being the only memory manufacturer to design, test, and mass produce G5X puts us in a unique position with GDDR6, which shares a very similar specification. Our initial progress is very promising, as you can tell in the data eye and wafer schmoos I’ve posted with this blog. Designing devices with the level of high-speed signaling required for these graphics memories is no simple task. We are confident our GDDR6 is leading the industry in these metrics, and we share them because we think it’s important for our customers to see this progress. via Micron

First, we have recently begun mass production shipments of 8Gb GDDR5 on our most advanced production DRAM node. This gives our customers and partners a long-term support option for a proven graphics memory and delivers increased speed margins. via Micron

With regards to the status of Micron’s G6 program, which we first announced in February, I am pleased to report that our product development efforts are on-track and we expect to have functional silicon very soon. By leveraging our G5X based high speed signaling experience from roughly 2 years of design, mass production, test and application knowledge, I am confident we are well positioned to bring the industry’s most robust G6 to mass production by early 2018. via Micron

Micron GDDR6 Design & Mass Production Confirmed, To be Out 1H 2018

Micron GDDR6 Design & Mass Production Confirmed, To be Out 1H 2018

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