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SK Hynix GDDR6 Graphics memory has landed, available now
So there is some sort of 'product' sales slide deck series from SK Hynix, and it just got an update, GDDR6 graphics memory has moved in its status, and is available starting now. This reflects the availability of 10, 12 and even 14 Gbps 1GB chips.
First I want to say a thank you towards an anonymous user that goes under the tag "SH SOTN", nearly every day he reports news like shown today, much-appreciated man! Two product codes are listed, each holding two products:
- H56C8H24MJR-S2C will be the 14 Gbps and 12 Gbps parts
- H56C8H24MJR-S0C" will be the 12 Gbps and 10 Gbps parts
You can also spot an S2C denomination, that is a lower energy part. Basically, that goes a little like this: 14 Gbps is at 1.35V with 12 Gbps active at 1.35V. The S0C parts manage 12 Gbps at 1.25V, and 10 Gbps at 1.25V.
With GDDR6 now available, we do expect to see some announcement rather sooner than later. I honestly am not certain if we'll see any Volta based parts anytime soon given the current status of AMD Radeon cards, Vega is stuck with HBM2 and AMD's yields as the sales volumes show, remain low. Logic would actually dictate a set of refreshes from NVIDIA based on Pascal, then again that is speculation of the highest level. The reason I am saying this is that graphics card prices for Nvidia have risen as we reported a few days ago, indicating there is a shortage. It might simply be Nvidia clearing stock for the new stuff to replace it.
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SK Hynix Launches Fastest 8Gb Graphics DRAM (GDDR6) - Adopted by 2018 - 04/24/2017 06:26 AM
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SK Hynix To Offer 72-Layer 3D NAND Flash - 04/10/2017 12:26 PM
SK Hynix introduced the industry's first 72-Layer 256Gb (Gigabit) 3D (Three-Dimensional) NAND Flash based on its TLC (Triple-Level Cell) arrays and own technologies. The company stacks 1.5 times more...
#5512313 Posted on: 01/19/2018 02:08 PM
Samsung GDDR will be more expensive and used on the high end cards wile the slightly slower Hynix GDDR6 will be good enough for the mainstream. I think both products have a place on the market and having 2 independent fabs is great.
Its a shame they can't match the Samsung 16Gbps chips yet, would be better for all of us to have two vendors with the same speed configuration.
Samsung GDDR will be more expensive and used on the high end cards wile the slightly slower Hynix GDDR6 will be good enough for the mainstream. I think both products have a place on the market and having 2 independent fabs is great.
#5512600 Posted on: 01/20/2018 12:52 PM
SK Hynix does have a 16gbs chip in the works, it will be released in the near future. As soon as production of the slower chips are done they will ramp up the 16gbs chip production. I wouldn't sneeze at the Hynix chips they have up to a 384bit bus speed. So a 8gb chip at 16gbs speed with 384 bit bus speed will put out 768gb of memory bandwidth with 12gb of vram at 1.35v. What's not to like?
Here is what next gen Nvidia cards could look like if they use Sk Hynix chips. Don't confuse GB with Gbps :] .
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GDDR5X 10.0 Gbps 256-bit 320 GB/s 2016
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 12.0 Gbps 256-bit 384 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 14.0 Gbps 256-bit 448GB/s 2018
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 HBM2 1.9 Gbps 2048-bit 483 GB/s 2017
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X HBM1 1.0 Gbps 4096-bit 512 GB/s 2015
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 16.0 Gbps 256-bit 512 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Titan Xp GDDR5X 11.4 Gbps 384-bit 547 GB/s 2017
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 18.0 GB/s 256-bit 576 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 12.0 Gbps 384-bit 576 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Titan V HBM2 1.7 Gbps 3072-bit 652.8 GB/s 2017
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 14.0 Gbps 384-bit 672GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Tesla P100 HBM2 1.4 Gbps 4096-bit 720 GB/s 2016
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 16.0 Gbps 384-bit 768 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 18.0 GB/s 384-bit 864 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Tesla V100 HBM2 1.7 Gbps 4096-bit 901 GB/s 2017
Its a shame they can't match the Samsung 16Gbps chips yet, would be better for all of us to have two vendors with the same speed configuration.
SK Hynix does have a 16gbs chip in the works, it will be released in the near future. As soon as production of the slower chips are done they will ramp up the 16gbs chip production. I wouldn't sneeze at the Hynix chips they have up to a 384bit bus speed. So a 8gb chip at 16gbs speed with 384 bit bus speed will put out 768gb of memory bandwidth with 12gb of vram at 1.35v. What's not to like?
Here is what next gen Nvidia cards could look like if they use Sk Hynix chips. Don't confuse GB with Gbps :] .
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GDDR5X 10.0 Gbps 256-bit 320 GB/s 2016
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 12.0 Gbps 256-bit 384 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 14.0 Gbps 256-bit 448GB/s 2018
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 HBM2 1.9 Gbps 2048-bit 483 GB/s 2017
AMD Radeon R9 Fury X HBM1 1.0 Gbps 4096-bit 512 GB/s 2015
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 16.0 Gbps 256-bit 512 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Titan Xp GDDR5X 11.4 Gbps 384-bit 547 GB/s 2017
NVIDIA Next GPU With 256-bit bus GDDR6 18.0 GB/s 256-bit 576 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 12.0 Gbps 384-bit 576 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Titan V HBM2 1.7 Gbps 3072-bit 652.8 GB/s 2017
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 14.0 Gbps 384-bit 672GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Tesla P100 HBM2 1.4 Gbps 4096-bit 720 GB/s 2016
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 16.0 Gbps 384-bit 768 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Next GPU With 384-bit bus GDDR6 18.0 GB/s 384-bit 864 GB/s 2018
NVIDIA Tesla V100 HBM2 1.7 Gbps 4096-bit 901 GB/s 2017
#5512793 Posted on: 01/21/2018 08:54 PM
If AMD managed to make a refresh of Vega64 with higher clocks and HBM2 1.7 Gbps 3072-bit, it might still allow AMD to compete with Nvidia's third from the top next generation (not counting Titan). Assuming they could somehow combat price wise. But maybe AMD will instead concentrate on supplying miners with cards and forget gamers for the time being.
If AMD managed to make a refresh of Vega64 with higher clocks and HBM2 1.7 Gbps 3072-bit, it might still allow AMD to compete with Nvidia's third from the top next generation (not counting Titan). Assuming they could somehow combat price wise. But maybe AMD will instead concentrate on supplying miners with cards and forget gamers for the time being.
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Its a shame they can't match the Samsung 16Gbps chips yet, would be better for all of us to have two vendors with the same speed configuration.