Samsung claims graphics memory speed crown

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 3 Dec 2007 at 09:56

Samsung claims to have invented the world's fastest graphics memory, capable of transferring data at 6Gb/sec.

The series five, graphics double-data-rate (GDDR5) chips are more than four times faster than those found in today's consoles, according to Samsung, and will find their way into desktop PCs, notebooks and workstations.

The chips will be introduced next year at a density of 512Mb (16Mb x 32), with Samsung claiming that GDDR5 will claim half of the top-end PC graphics market by 2010.

"We're pushing image enhancement to a limit never before realised, enabling the smoothest, clearest animation that gamers have yet to experience," says Mueez Deen, marketing director for graphics memory at Samsung Semiconductor. "Samsung's 512Mb GDDR5 will enable the kind of graphics hardware performance that will spur software developers to deliver a new level of eye-popping games."

Samsung isn't the first company to bring GDDR5 to market. Hynix has already announced a 1Gb GDDR5 chip, while Qimonda says it too will have chips on the market by next year.