ddr5 DDR5...

[crzyces]

So I was bored, OC'ing old RAM, allocating old RAM to an old 1GB card to see differences etc, and I realized it's been a couple of months since anything was mentioned about DDR5 on desktops.

 

now they started in 2015, had a working model in January (probably earlier, but as far as public display). Then they said in April they'd tell us more in June, but they didn't say much regarding release.

 

I know it usually takes 2-3 years after the official specs are released (June 17), so that would mean 2019-2010.

 

Now with AMD working with 2 companies for RAM, Zen being incredibly dependent on it, with the difference in FPS being in the double digits between 2933 and 3600 (I can't find any 4000 benchmarks on a very high end system), and numerous groups, most notably Intel with it's Optane looking for solutions that may very well make ddr anything obsolete in the not so far away future, I think the pressure is on to expedite the implementation.

 

With Optane only working with newer Intel chips and ssd's (which I think is a bad marketing move as so many companies are working on non-volatile solutions) and companies spending enormous amounts of money on upgrades (as well as consumers) they also are not prone to upgrade every year unless there is a ^big^ difference/improvement.

 

I'm hoping that could lead to a possible late 2018 or early 2019 release. The power delivery and the memory controller should not be much different than ddr4, and with speeds that could top out at over 5600 out of the gate, I don't know why they would not, unless they decide to drop it altogether thinking HBM2, a universal  Optane-like solution, or a hybrid will be ready sooner.

 

If you've read this far, any ideas? Any articles after June 2017? I know DDR4 has only been around a few years, but it feels like forever.

[Jurrunio]

DDR3 lasted very long, expect the same on DDR4. I mean, DDR3's graphics card relative, GDDR5 is still in the majority of new cards.