Ddr5 memories will arrive soon and will be twice as fast as ddr4

According to a recent announcement by JEDEC, an organization responsible for setting the standards for new RAM memories, development of the new DDR5 DRAM units has already begun and will be completed next year.

DDR5 memories will double the capacity and speed of current DDR4 memories

The new DDR5 standard will replace the current DDR4 memories, which are currently used in PCs and servers. The new version will be twice as fast as the DDR4, at the same time that it will have a density and double DIMM capacities, that is, it will be able to hold twice the amount of gigabytes compared to the current DDR4 memories.

Analysts did not expect DDR5 memories to be developed so soon, but instead thought that the DDR DRAM line of drives would break the DDR4 standard, but the designs of current PCs and servers have not changed much in recent years, and require an update in the same direction.

It is unclear when hardware manufacturers will release DDR5 memories, but as with DDR4 drives, the next DDR5 memories are sure to appear first for high-performance servers and PCs (Gaming PCs), and soon after for laptops or even devices. phones (for example, the new Samsung Galaxy S8 bring LPDDR4 memories).

On the other hand, manufacturers of hardware products are exploring the development of new types of memory in order to rival DDR5 drives. Next year Intel will begin marketing memory DIMMs with Optane technology, which could end up replacing DDR RAM units.

Optane has the advantage of being able to preserve data even when a computer is turned off, something that other memories cannot do.

Lastly, JEDEC also announced the development of specifications for a new type of hybrid memory called NVDIMM-P, which is a type of persistent memory that fuses flash storage and volatile DRAM in a DIMM slot. This type of memory is intended for applications such as databases, which make use of a mixture of Flash and DRAM to process and cache the data.

Source: PCWorld