Micron to fast track GDDR6 launch by end of 2017!

[AthlonXP1800]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3165...t-tracks-superfast-gddr6-graphics-memory.html

Micron is rushing to release the latest GDDR6 graphics memory by the end of the year, and PC gaming is a major driver behind the plans.

The memory company is speeding up the release of GDDR6 to cope with faster PC and console upgrades. GDDR6 will be significantly faster than its predecessor, GDDR5X, which is still reaching GPUs. Micron had originally planned to release GDDR6 next year.

Hmmm interesting. GDDR6 was original planned to launch in 2018 to use for Volta GV102 and GV104 GPUs so Micron now push forward GDDR6 launch by around 6 month to end of 2017. Could this possible mean Nvidia decided to cancelled Pascal refresh and put all resources to fast track Volta GV104 launch by end of 2017?

 

[TNA]

Interesting. If anyone knows, how does GDDR6 compare to HBM2?

 

[Panos]

Interesting. If anyone knows, how does GDDR6 compare to HBM2?

GDDR6 has 16Gbps bandwidth.

HBM2 depending config from 128Gbps to 2Tbps.
Vega is expected at least 512Gbps. Fury with HBM1 had 512Gbps also.

Also HBM2 has significantly smaller footprint compared to the GDDR6 which takes as much space as it's predecessors.

 

[JediFragger]

GDDR6 roughly 50% faster than GDDR5X

 

[nashathedog]

GDDR6 has 16Gbps bandwidth.

HBM2 depending config from 128Gbps to 2Tbps.
Vega is expected at least 512Gbps. Fury with HBM1 had 512Gbps also.

Also HBM2 has significantly smaller footprint compared to the GDDR6 which takes as much space as it's predecessors.

I don't think Nvidia want to use HBM on there GTX cards if they can help it, At least not yet, I think gpu boost would have problems working with the on die HBM.

As for the footprint difference, they can squeeze 8 gb's of gddr5 and a 1070 core onto an ITX sized pcb so who really needs smaller than that?

 

[Rroff]

Interesting. If anyone knows, how does GDDR6 compare to HBM2?

As Jedi said initially it will be about 50% faster than current GDDR5X - so talking probably around 500-600GB/s on GeForce cards I'd assume.

EDIT: Footprint wise - Micron is moving towards 16 or "12"nm DRAM with 10nm sampling - you might find that GDDR6 is on smaller than 20nm with space saving.

 

[TNA]

Thanks for the info guys