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It’s no secret that AMD and Nvidia are planning to launch new GPUs in the next few months, but there are still questions about configurations and technology. Initially, we expected these new cards to use the HBM2 memory standard, but the persistent rumor has been that AMD’s upcoming Polaris would be GDDR5 based. That now appears to be true for Nvidia as well.
Leaked photos of the GP104 die show the chip with a standard memory interface — either GDDR5 or GDDR5X (it’s difficult to tell). PC Perspective is reporting that there’s an ongoing rumor the GTX 1080 will use GDDR5X, which could be possible, but would honestly seem to be a bit early — when we spoke to Micron about the memory, the company implied that the production ramp would be later in the year. With JEDEC qualification and good initial production yields, however, it’s possible that Nvidia could deploy GDDR5X on high-end GPUs, and it wouldn’t be the first time that a GPU manufacturer used a limited memory run. AMD was the only company to make significant use of GDDR4 or HBM, after all.
Leaked photos of the GP104 die show the chip with a standard memory interface — either GDDR5 or GDDR5X (it’s difficult to tell). PC Perspective is reporting that there’s an ongoing rumor the GTX 1080 will use GDDR5X, which could be possible, but would honestly seem to be a bit early — when we spoke to Micron about the memory, the company implied that the production ramp would be later in the year. With JEDEC qualification and good initial production yields, however, it’s possible that Nvidia could deploy GDDR5X on high-end GPUs, and it wouldn’t be the first time that a GPU manufacturer used a limited memory run. AMD was the only company to make significant use of GDDR4 or HBM, after all.
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