{"id":58268,"date":"2020-09-02T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=58268"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:46:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:46:41","slug":"worlds-fastest-discrete-graphics-memory-from-micron-powers-nvidias-breakthrough-gaming-speeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/58268-worlds-fastest-discrete-graphics-memory-from-micron-powers-nvidias-breakthrough-gaming-speeds\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Fastest Discrete Graphics Memory From Micron Powers NVIDIA<\/span>\u2019s Breakthrough Gaming Speeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micron GDDR6X<\/span> accelerates photorealistic 3D<\/span> experiences at 1 terabyte per second, rates once thought impossible<\/h3>\n

BOISE<\/span>, Ida\u00adho, Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE<\/span> NEWSWIRE<\/span>) \u2014 Micron Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU<\/span>), today announ\u00adced the world\u2019s fas\u00adtest dis\u00adcrete gra\u00adphics memo\u00adry solu\u00adti\u00adon, GDDR6X<\/span><\/u><\/a>, the first to power sys\u00adtem band\u00adwidth up to 1 tera\u00adbyte per second (TB<\/span>\/s). Working with visu\u00adal com\u00adpu\u00adting tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adder NVIDIA<\/span>, Micron debut\u00aded GDDR6X<\/span> in the new NVIDIA<\/span><\/u>\u00ae<\/u> GeForce RTX<\/span>\u2122 3090 and GeForce RTX<\/span> 3080 gra\u00adphics pro\u00adces\u00adsing units<\/u><\/a> (GPUs), which are tail\u00ado\u00adred to sup\u00adport the fast speeds that immersi\u00adve, high-per\u00adfor\u00admance gam\u00ading appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons demand.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our mul\u00adti\u00adle\u00advel signal\u00ading inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in GDDR6X<\/span> has shat\u00adte\u00adred con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal band\u00adwidth limits, clo\u00adcking record-brea\u00adking speeds,\u201d said Tom Eby, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of the Com\u00adpu\u00adte &<\/span> Net\u00adwor\u00adking Busi\u00adness Unit at Micron. \u201cUnli\u00adke tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal memo\u00adry, GDDR6X<\/span> has unpar\u00adal\u00adle\u00adled data rates that can keep pace with gam\u00ading inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and data-hun\u00adgry appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 set\u00adting a new stan\u00addard for gra\u00adphics memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Micron\u2019s GDDR6X<\/span> ser\u00adves as a powerful enabler of NVIDIA<\/span><\/u> GeForce RTX<\/span> 3090 and GeForce RTX<\/span> 3080<\/u><\/a> gra\u00adphics cards\u2019 per\u00adfor\u00admance. Buil\u00adding on its most recent col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with NVIDIA<\/span> for the GeForce RTX<\/span> gra\u00adphics card (enab\u00adled by GDDR6<\/span>)<\/u><\/a>, Micron trans\u00adforms the memory\/GPU<\/span> inter\u00adface with GDDR6X<\/span>, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance on com\u00adplex gra\u00adphics workloads across next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon gam\u00ading applications.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>With the unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted speed of GDDR6X<\/span>, Micron has deli\u00adver\u00aded tomorrow\u2019s memo\u00adry tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy today, and it\u2019s at the heart of NVIDIA<\/span> GeForce RTX<\/span> 3090 and 3080 GPUs \u2014 hel\u00adping us deli\u00adver rich, rea\u00adli\u00adstic, cine\u00adma\u00adtic user expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces,\u201d said Jeff Fisher, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of the GPU<\/span> Busi\u00adness Unit at NVIDIA<\/span>. \u201cBuil\u00adding on a histo\u00adry of col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon that star\u00adted with GDDR5<\/span>, we\u2019re thril\u00adled to have reinven\u00adted the memory\/GPU<\/span> inter\u00adface with Micron, set\u00adting a new bar for high-per\u00adfor\u00admance, high-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

As PC<\/span> gam\u00ading evol\u00adves in sophisti\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, gamers today demand the hig\u00adhest per\u00adfor\u00admance for their advan\u00adced gra\u00adphics cards \u2014 a requi\u00adsi\u00adte for smooth ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, sharp visu\u00adals, 8K<\/span> reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon and real-time ray tra\u00adcing, a ren\u00adde\u00adring tech\u00adni\u00adque that results in rea\u00adli\u00adstic light reflec\u00adtions and cine\u00adma\u00adtic effects. GDDR6X<\/span>\u2019s ground\u00adbrea\u00adking speed offers dis\u00adcer\u00adning gamers high-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces with maxi\u00admum frame rates and instant ren\u00adde\u00adring, allo\u00adwing users to expe\u00adri\u00adence high\u00adly rea\u00adli\u00adstic and reac\u00adti\u00adve effects wit\u00adhout jar\u00adring lags. Com\u00adbi\u00adned with NVIDIA<\/span>\u2019s GeForce RTX<\/span> 3090 and GeForce RTX<\/span> 3080 GPUs, GDDR6X<\/span>\u2019s ultra-band\u00adwidth capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties impro\u00adve real-time ray tra\u00adcing and neu\u00adral gra\u00adphics pro\u00adces\u00adsing to crea\u00adte pho\u00adto\u00adrea\u00adli\u00adstic and immersi\u00adve vir\u00adtu\u00adal worlds in PC<\/span> games.<\/p>\n

The new NVIDIA<\/span> GeForce RTX<\/span> 30 Series GPUs<\/u><\/a> \u2014 the second gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the NVIDIA<\/span> RTX<\/span> PC<\/span> gam\u00ading plat\u00adform \u2014 fea\u00adture new ray tra\u00adcing cores, Ten\u00adsor Cores and strea\u00adming mul\u00adtipro\u00adces\u00adsors. The results are stun\u00adning visu\u00adals, ama\u00adzin\u00adgly fast frame rates and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon for games and crea\u00adti\u00adve appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Powered by the NVIDIA<\/span> Ampere archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, which deli\u00advers increa\u00adses of up to 1.9 times per\u00adfor\u00admance-per-watt over the pre\u00advious gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, the RTX<\/span> 30 Series effort\u00adless\u00adly powers gra\u00adphics expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces at all reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adons, even up to 8K<\/span>. The series repres\u00adents the grea\u00adtest GPU<\/span> gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal leap in NVIDIA<\/span>\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Bey\u00adond the Bina\u00adry: First to Imple\u00adment PAM4<\/span> in Memo\u00adry, Micron Sets New Benchmark<\/strong><\/p>\n

Micron achie\u00adved GDDR6X<\/span>\u2019s breakth\u00adrough band\u00adwidth by app\u00adly\u00ading inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve signal trans\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, four-level pul\u00adse ampli\u00adtu\u00adde modu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon (PAM4<\/span>), to revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adni\u00adze how memo\u00adry moves data. Sin\u00adce 2006, Micron\u2019s engi\u00adneers and rese\u00adar\u00adchers have explo\u00adred app\u00adly\u00ading mul\u00adti\u00adle\u00advel signal\u00ading to the memo\u00adry inter\u00adface. Over 45 patents later, Micron is the first in the indus\u00adtry to imple\u00adment PAM4<\/span> in memo\u00adry<\/u><\/a>, crea\u00adting a new bench\u00admark for future gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of gra\u00adphics memory.<\/p>\n

By using PAM4<\/span> mul\u00adti\u00adle\u00advel signal\u00ading tech\u00adni\u00adques, GDDR6X<\/span> trans\u00adfers data much fas\u00adter, doubling the input\/output (I\/O) data rate. Until now, gra\u00adphics memo\u00adry was cap\u00adped at 64 giga\u00adbytes per second (GB<\/span>\/s), trans\u00admit\u00adting one bit per cycle through the tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal bina\u00adry stan\u00addard, which reli\u00ades on two signal levels to trans\u00admit data encoded as 1s or 0s. Ins\u00adtead, Micron\u2019s novel PAM4<\/span> tech\u00adni\u00adque employs four distinct levels to trans\u00admit two bits of data to and from the memo\u00adry at a time. As a result, Micron\u2019s GDDR6X<\/span> dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly increa\u00adses memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth to 84 GB<\/span>\/s for each com\u00adpo\u00adnent, trans\u00adla\u00adting to sys\u00adtem band\u00adwidth of up to 1 TB<\/span>\/s \u2014 rates once thought impossible.<\/p>\n

Micron\u2019s GDDR6X<\/span> is also the only memo\u00adry device using PAM4<\/span> that can be desi\u00adgned and built in mass pro\u00adduc\u00adtion volu\u00admes, brin\u00adging cut\u00adting-edge I\/O rese\u00adarch to mar\u00adket. With its board design and pack\u00ada\u00adging careful\u00adly fine-tun\u00aded for sim\u00adpli\u00adci\u00adty by Micron\u2019s gra\u00adphics memo\u00adry experts, GDDR6X<\/span> offers cus\u00adto\u00admers easy imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and less manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty than other high-band\u00adwidth solu\u00adti\u00adons on the mar\u00adket. Nota\u00adb\u00adly, GDDR6X<\/span> dou\u00adbles the data rate in a chan\u00adnel wit\u00adhout doubling the requi\u00adred ope\u00adra\u00adting fre\u00adquen\u00adcy, crea\u00adting a smooth, real-time expe\u00adri\u00adence for gamers.<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon, GDDR6X<\/span> deli\u00advers lower power per tran\u00adsac\u00adtion (pJ\/bit) than pre\u00advious gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, making it ide\u00adal for ener\u00adgy-sap\u00adping workloads like gam\u00ading and other high-band\u00adwidth gra\u00adphics appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, which demand both light\u00adning fast and low-power memo\u00adry. GDDR6X<\/span> also fea\u00adtures the abili\u00adty to sca\u00adle power down or up, allo\u00adwing users to dial back per\u00adfor\u00admance to save energy.<\/p>\n

Avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GeForce RTX<\/span> 3080 is available for purcha\u00adse start\u00ading Sept. 17, and the GeForce RTX<\/span> 3090 is available start\u00ading Sept. 24 on NVIDIA<\/span>\u2019s web\u00adsite<\/u><\/a>. Both will be available as cus\u00adtom boards, inclu\u00adding stock-clo\u00adcked and fac\u00adto\u00adry-over\u00adclo\u00adcked models from top add-in card pro\u00advi\u00adders and in gam\u00ading sys\u00adtems from lea\u00adding OEMs and sys\u00adtem builders.<\/p>\n

GDDR6X<\/span> is now available as part of Micron\u2019s new Ultra-Band\u00adwidth Solu\u00adti\u00adons port\u00adfo\u00adlio<\/u><\/a>. Micron deli\u00advers GDDR6X<\/span> memo\u00adry in 8 giga\u00adbits (Gb) den\u00adsi\u00adty, with speeds of 19 to 21 Gb\/s. Start\u00ading in 2021, 16Gb den\u00adsi\u00adty units will be added. Part\u00adners and cus\u00adto\u00admers inte\u00adres\u00adted in explo\u00adring GDDR6X<\/span> for their high-per\u00adfor\u00admance solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 whe\u00adther for gam\u00ading, arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence infe\u00adrence or pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon \u2014 can find out more here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resour\u00adces<\/strong><\/p>\n