{"id":197419,"date":"2017-02-06T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=197419"},"modified":"2017-02-06T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T08:57:27","slug":"micron-set-to-launch-gddr6-graphics-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/197419-micron-set-to-launch-gddr6-graphics-memory.html","title":{"rendered":"Micron set to launch GDDR6 graphics memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micron announced it aims to launch its next-generation GDDR6 VRAM before the end of 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3165301\/components-graphics\/driven-by-esports-micron-fast-tracks-superfast-gddr6-graphics-memory.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PCWorld<\/strong> <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its upcoming GDDR6 memory will be significantly faster than the GDDR5 and GDDR5X VRAM in current graphics cards.<\/p>\n<p>GDDR6 will have a data transfer rate of up to 16Gbps, twice as fast as standard GDDR5 memory.<\/p>\n<p>While the new memory will initially be used in consumer graphics, GDDR6 will also be used in high-performance machine-learning computers and network switches and routers.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung and SK Hynix are also working on a new iteration of HBM2 graphics memory &#8211; which delivers high-end performance, but is more expensive than GDDR VRAM.<\/p>\n<p>Micron said GDDR6 memory is aimed at mainstream computing and users seeking low-latency, high-bandwidth memory for gaming PCs and consoles.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/195696-how-to-play-pc-games-using-a-psvr-headset.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to play PC games using a PSVR headset<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micron said it aims to launch its next-generation GDDR6 VRAM before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":197433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[41117,37244,7297],"class_list":["post-197419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-gddr6","tag-memory","tag-micron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197471,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197419\/revisions\/197471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}