GDDR SDRAM

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Graphics DDR SDRAM (GDDR SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) specifically designed for graphics processing units (GPUs). GDDR SDRAM is distinct from the more widely known types of DDR SDRAM, such as DDR4, although they share some of the same features—including double data rate data transfers. As of 2018, GDDR SDRAM has been succeeded by GDDR2, GDDR3, GDDR4, GDDR5, GDDR5X, GDDR6, and GDDR6X.

Generations[]

Hynix GDDR SDRAM
A Samsung GDDR3 256MBit package
A 512 MBit Qimonda GDDR3 SDRAM package
Inside a Samsung GDDR3 256MBit package

DDR SGRAM[]

GDDR was initially known as DDR SGRAM (double data rate synchronous graphics RAM). It was commercially introduced as a 16 Mb memory chip by Samsung Electronics in 1998.^[1]

GDDR2[]

Main article: DDR2 SDRAM

GDDR3[]

GDDR4[]

GDDR5[]

GDDR6[]

Table of transfer rates[]

Module type	Chip type	Memory clock	Transfers/s	Transfer rate
?	GDDR2	500 MHz	?	128 Gbit/s	16.0 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR3	625 MHz	2.5 GT/s	159 Gbit/s	19.9 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR4	275 MHz	2.2 GT/s	140.8 Gbit/s	17.6 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR5^[2]	625–1000 MHz	5–8 GT/s	320–512 Gbit/s	40–64 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR5X^[3]	625–875 MHz	10–12 GT/s	640–896 Gbit/s	80–112 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR6	875–1000 MHz	14–16 GT/s	896–1024 Gbit/s	112–128 GB/s
64 lanes	GDDR6X

References[]

^ "Samsung Electronics Comes Out with Super-Fast 16M DDR SGRAMs". Samsung Electronics. Samsung. 17 September 1998. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "GRAPHICS DOUBLE DATA RATE (GDDR5) SGRAM STANDARD JESD212C". JEDEC. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
^ "GRAPHICS DOUBLE DATA RATE (GDDR5X) SGRAM STANDARD JESD232". JEDEC. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

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Asynchronous	FPM RAM EDO RAM
Synchronous	SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 DDR5 LPDDR (Mobile DDR) Fast Cycle DRAM (FCRAM) eDRAM RLDRAM HBM HBM2 HBMnext Hybrid Memory Cube
Graphics	VRAM WRAM MDRAM SGRAM GDDR GDDR2 GDDR3 GDDR4 GDDR5 GDDR6
Rambus	RDRAM XDR DRAM XDR2 DRAM
Memory modules	SIMM DIMM SO-DIMM UniDIMM
Lists	DRAM timeline SDRAM timeline Bandwidth Transistor count

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