I was thinking about how the PS4 uses GDDR5 instead of DDR3 for its' memory. Yes I know it has more bandwith then DDR3 does, but doesn't it cost way more? Besides the cost what are other downsides to ...

We're beginning to wonder who isn't innovating on the flash memory front this month. First was SanDisk, then Micron, and now Samsung. If not for Spansion Japan filing for bankruptcy, it too would ...

New memory standard provides optimal means to drive performance gains in gaming and stream processing applications AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the first commercial implementation of Graphics Double ...

Advanced Micro Devices’ next-generation graphics processors will ship with GDDR5 (Graphics Double Data Rate 5) memory from Qimonda, the companies said Tuesday. AMD’s upcoming ATI Radeon R700 graphics ...

With all the hype surrounding AMD's use of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) for its Fury line of graphics card, you would be excused for thinking GDDR5 memory had died and become a footnote. You'd also be ...

Samsung's 50nm-class GDDR5 processing technology, designed to support 7Ghz GPU memory chips and 448GB/s peak bandwidth, has begun mass production today. The new fabrication process is not only ...

When we look at normal computer memory technology, it seem like that when a new iteration comes, the previous one is gone and is replaced in a year or two. This is true for DDR2, 3, and possibly for 4 ...

AMD has confirmed today that its upcoming RV770-powered Radeon HD 4870 and 4870 X2 graphics card models will indeed make use of super fast GDDR5 memory, as rumors posted online recently suggested.

AMD has conformed that its next-generation Radeon HD 4800 GPU series will feature Graphics Double Data Rate version 5 (GDDR5) memory. Here's what Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and General ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced that it has developed the world's fastest memory, a GDDR5 (series five, graphics double-data-rate memory) chip that can transfer data at six gigabits per ...

It appears that Nvidia will be launching yet another version of the GTX 1060 graphics card which could pack 5GB of GDDR5 memory on a 160-bit memory interface but with the same amount of CUDA cores as ...

Reports from Chinese sources suggest that AMD’s Kaveri APU will definitely not utilise GDDR5 memory, instead they will carry on using DDR3. Different leaks in the past have suggested that we might see ...