Samsung today announced that it has developed the industry’s first 24Gb GDDR7 DRAM. It is intended for data centers, AI workstations, as well as end-user use in graphics cards, gaming consoles and autonomous driving.
The new memory has twice the capacity of last year’s 16Gb GDDR7 DRAM, revealed. The chip is built on a fifth-generation 10-nm class process, which improves cell density by 50% while maintaining the same size as its predecessor.
The speed is up to 42.5 Gbps, 25% more than the previous version, thanks to a three-level Pulse-Amplitude Modulation (PAM3). Energy efficiency has improved by more than 30%, according to the company.
Validation of the 24 Gb GDDR7 DRAM in large AI systems from GPU customers will begin this year. Commercialization of the chip is planned for early 2025.