Hynix has made an announcement that raise the bar for the GDDR5 technology used by AMD and its Radeon HD 4800 series graphics cards. The memory technology that today allows frequencies up to 4.5GHz has been tuned closer to perfection. Hynix has now announced a new set of 1Gb GDDR5 memory circuits made at the 54nm node capable of transfer rates up to 7Gbps, which is a 40% increase compared to the 5Gbps the fastest chips of today. We should expect GDDR5 circuits operating at 5GHz and beyond next year.
Additional in Hynix’ press release;
Hynix Introduces Industry’s Fastest 7Gbps, 1Gb GDDR5 Graphics DRAM
Seoul, November 23, 2008 – Hynix Semiconductor Inc., (‘Hynix’ or ‘the Company’, www.hynix.com) today introduced the industry’s first and fastest 1 Gigabit GDDR5 Graphics DRAM.
The newly introduced 1Gb GDDR5 is built on the company’s leading edge 54 nanometer process technology. It operates at the fastest speed of 7Gbps which is 40% improved compared to 5Gbps GDDR5 and processes up to 28 Gigabytes of data per second with a 32-bit I/O. In addition to its improved speed, it is also designed to minimize power consumption at 1.35V power supply. This fast speed of graphics memory product is ideal in high end applications such as game PC, game console and graphic cards.
The Company expects that it will keep its leading position in the graphics DRAM market by introducing the fastest and high density graphics memory product along with the previously developed 1Gb GDDR5 with 66 nanometer process technology.
Hynix’s 1Gb GDDR5 graphics DRAM meets JEDEC standard and the Company plans to start volume production in the first half of next year to meet the increasing demand for high performance graphics DRAM.
About Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (HSI) of Icheon, Korea, is the world’s top tier memory semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips (“DRAMs”) and Flash memory chips to a wide range of established international customers. The Company’s shares are traded on the Korea Stock Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about Hynix is available at www.hynix.com.
