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In the current battle over GPU memory speeds between AMD and Nvidia, Micron and Nvidia scored a decisive victory. Together the companies made GDDR6X, which tops out around 21Gb/s. That memory found its way to Nvidia’s high-end GPUs, named the RTX 3080 and 3090. AMD, meanwhile, used slower 16Gb/s modules on its RX 6900 XT, but then bumped that up to 18Gb/s for the upgraded RX 6950 XT. As you can see, there’s a pretty clear delta there, although AMD’s offerings were no slouches thanks to Infinity Cache. Now Samsung has one-upped Micron, and has developed the world’s first 24Gb/s GDDR6. Note it’s not applying an X to the RAM’s branding, so it’s five percent less cool-sounding.
Samsung made the announcement in a press release. It says it’s designed specifically for “next-generation, high-end graphics.” Interestingly, it didn’t name any customers, but it seems unlikely it would have unveiled it without having at least one big customer already signed. Samsung says it was able to hit these speeds thanks to the combination of a new circuit design and advanced insulating material. Unlike its competitor, GDDR6X, GDDR6 is JEDEC-compliant. Samsung used its third generation 10nm process along with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology in the manufacturing process.

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