Elpida Memory has unveiled the development of a 1-gigabit (1Gb) GDDR5 that operates at a speed of six gigabits per second (Gbps).

The new graphic memory (GDDR: graphics double data rate) device marks Elpida's entry into the GDDR market.

Elpida said sample shipments of its first GDDR product will start in December, with mass production slated for the second quarter of 2010.

Applications for GDDR memory devices used with GPU are found not only in such graphic processing equipment as game consoles and PC graphics cards but also in equipment that require high-performance computing for use in such areas as science and technology, physical simulation, digital image processing and video conversion, the company said.

Elpida in August announced plans to enter the graphics DRAM business based on its acquisition of GDDR design assets from Qimonda. The successful development of the new GDDR product in only three months using these design assets was made possible by close cooperation between Elpida's new design center in Munich, an Elpida Japan-based technology team and engineers at Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics, Elpida said.

By: DocMemory
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