Among them we can see the memory GDDR7 and HBM3. We are going to see when they would be planned and what deadlines this roadmap follows that they have intentionally wanted to show us.
micron’s future
First of all, and to better understand everything we are going to talk about, we will take a look at the roadmap that they have taught us. Seeing the expected deadlines and the news to be presented.
The second generation Micron HBM3 is a technology that acts as an interim solution and will facilitate the move towards the next next generation HBM memory standard, which It will still take a few years to arrive. In other words, it is a kind of bridge between current and future technology.
This new improved version of the HBM3 standard will allow it to reach its full potential. The first draft of the HBM3 Gen2 features an 8-layer (8Hi) design, providing a capacity of up to 24 GB of memory and an impressive bandwidth of over 1.2 TB/s. In addition, it is expected to offer up to 2.5 times higher performance per watt than the previous generation.
In turn, Micron will begin the distribution of its next generation of HBM3 Gen2 DRAM memory during 2025 if the deadlines are not delayed (as usual). This new generation will feature a 12-layer vertically stacked (Hi) design and offer a capacity of 36 GB DRAM memory. Once again, the speeds of this memory will exceed 1.2 TB/s of bandwidth. Both versions of the HBM3 Gen2 will be aimed at the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), something very fashionable at the moment.
In addition to HBM3, Micron has also announced its plans for the GDDR7 development. The company has confirmed that it will release the next generation of DRAM solutions to the public in the first half of 2024 and is competing with Samsung, who has also announced 32Gbps speeds and we don’t know when it will come out.
These types of competitions are very interesting because they generate more research and development to be better than your rival, while reducing the deadlines to be able to launch it before the other. So in the end who wins is us.
It is interesting to note that Micron plans to offer its GDDR7 DRAM GPUs in 16Gb and 24Gb dies. This means that higher capacities per GPU tier will be achievable compared to GDDR6X, which was limited to 16Gb per die. Additionally, GDDR7 memory will run at faster speeds of 32 Gbps, providing up to 128 GB/s of bandwidth per module.
For now we have to wait, the roadmap is very long and the deadlines are indicative, what we do know is that they are already working on it, they have told us officially, so it is a good sign and it is only time that passes and see new developments and news that they want to show us so that we can prepare for the next generation, which looks very good. We will show them to you as we know them so that you can closely follow the entire process with us.
