Qimonda has shipped the world’s first samples of GDDR5. Just like the current GDDR4, GDDR5 is intended for use with graphics circuits which requires a lot of bandwidth and according to Qimonda, the new standard will sport transfer rates up to 20GB/s (per component), which is twice as much as the fastest GDDR3 memory of today. The GDDR5 specification is on the verge of being finalized by JEDEC and is expected to become the next big memory standard, and the first products sporting GDDR5 is expected to arrive next year. Presumably on cards from AMD/ATI and NVIDIA, but rumors have also said that this is the memory standard that Intel’s coming graphics card will use.
