By Kevin Lee
The Nvidia GPU Technology Conference might have come and gone without any mention of next generation graphics cards, but one memory supplier has confirmed it will utilize GDDR6 video memory.
SK Hynix confirmed with Gamers Nexus that its GDDR6 memory will be ready for mass production in three months for use in several upcoming Nvidia products. If true, this would put the rumored GeForce 11 series launch right around July – but more likely later in 2018.
We’re taking the purported launch window with great skepticism as the original report is going by a speculation. SK Hynix being ready to supply ample VRAM chips doesn’t necessarily dictate when Nvidia’s next graphics cards will launch. If anything, we might be able to say they won’t launch anytime sooner than July with this information.
The costs and benefits of GDDR6
This knowledge does potentially give us a clearer idea of the capabilities of the upcoming Nvidia GTX 1180 and 1170. Based on early specs GDDR6 memory should deliver double the speed of GDDR5 used in current-gen graphics cards like the Nvidia GTX 1080, however, at the cost of requiring 1.35v to operate and being 20% more expensive to produce – …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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