In a recent technology brief Micron has confirmed that it has been developing GDDR6X memory for NVIDIA’s next-generation Ampere graphics card lineup. Micron has been a memory module supplier for the Geforce graphics cards, and this new partnership with Nvidia takes things to a whole new level, by bringing GDDR6X memory type support.
The GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card is being listed on the Micron website with 12GB GDDR6X memory, so we can expect the bandwidth to be between 912 to 1008 GB/s. The clock speed is not yet set, but it should be between 19 and 21 Gbps. But to achieve 1TB/s bandwidth, the memory bus width needs to 384-bit wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 is expected to feature the ‘GA102-300’ GPU die having 5248 CUDA cores, but this hasn’t been fully confirmed yet.
Despite Micron claiming the RTX 3090 would launch with 12 GB GDDR6X memory; there have been numerous leaks before pointing to a 22, 20, and even a 16GB configuration. This leak from Micron however confirms the flagship Ampere GPU is named as RTX 3090, and the RTX 30 series nomenclature is indeed correct. It also confirms the RTX 3090 would support up to 21 Gbps memory modules with bandwidth up to 1 TB/s.
Nvidia is hosting a Geforce Special Event on September 1st, and we expect the Green team to announce the next-gen Ampere Gaming GPU lineup, aka the RTX 30 series.
To quote Micron’s press statement:
“Micron GDDR6X is the world’s fastest graphics memory, delivering legendary performance to help drive ray tracing, shadow mapping and silky-smooth animation for an immersive PC gaming experience.”
“In Summer of 2020, Micron announced the next evolution of Ultra-Bandwidth Solutions in GDDR6X. Working closely with NVIDIA on their Ampere generation of graphics cards, Micron’s 8Gb GDDR6X will deliver up to 21Gb/s (data rate per pin) in 2020. At 21Gb/s, a graphic card with 12pcs of GDDR6X will be able to break the 1TB/s of system bandwidth barrier! Micron’s roadmap also highlights the potential for a 16Gb GDDR6X in 2021 with the ability to reach up to 24Gb/s. GDDR6X is powered by a revolutionary new PAM4 modulation technology for Ultra-Bandwidth Solutions. PAM4 has the potential to drive even more improvements in data rate.”
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So leaks were right all along. Nice.
Although future games will require up to 24GB of VRAM, not 12GB.
Games won’t “require” 24GB any time soon.
This is awesome news ! Thanks for sharing. Finally we have GDDR6X memory in consumer cards.
What do you mean by ” Social Injustice” ??
Well, they’re gonna need all that power to run all them unoptimised junk LOL.
So.. about $3090 for the 3090 🙂
It will cost an arm and leg for sure.
Does this mean the 3090 is replacing the “Ti” brand? Or will there still be a 3080 Ti?
I think they are leaving some room in case AMD surprises them.
Then they can bring a “super” or TI card to fill the gaps.
No. We will get RTX 30 Ti and SUPER variants as well, most probably Next year, assuming Nvidia follows the same GPU roadmap as before.
Expect an RTX TITAN GPU as well, unless the RTX 3090 is replacing it, but this seems unlikely.
Nvidia may be wanting to get away from the Titan branding. From the first Kepler Titan on up through Turing they have been overpriced imo but they really stuck it customers with the Turing Titan which a little faster than a 2080 Ti and some more VRAM but they more than doubled the MSRP over the 2080 Ti.
Maybe the Titan brand has gained a bad reputation for lack of value.
I may be in for a surprise but I expect the 3070 to be somewhere around the performance of the 2080 Ti and the 3080 a little faster and the 3090 to be quite a bit faster. Mr Huang has also made the claim that the Amperes will handle RTRT better.
Yeah, Nvidia can drop the Titan branding, but that doesn’t mean the RTX 3090 is gonna sell cheap. I have rumors of the price crossing north of $2-2.5 K, lol !
Anyways, we don’t know what’s going to happen with Ampere. But yeah, the 3070 itself is going to be a beast, let alone other cards in the lineup.
Btw, did I repeat the same thing several times in my EA PLAY article ? I removed both the comments there, because it was so insulating, but restored them back. I checked my document, and I don’t see any serious redundancy.
I don’t know why the posters here always make fun of the Authors. They cannot write their own articles, but when it comes to taunt or nitpick, they would be the first to complain.
very embarrassing for me. I think I should STOP writing, and surrender this post to john. If others don’t like my articles, then there is no point in posting, just to hear some not so constructive criticism. What do you say ? I’m feeling very bad and guilty these days !
I was accused before as well several times regarding my articles. Truth be told, I’m NOT a journalist by any means. I asked john before regarding this issue, and he says my articles are OK ??
So I’m not sure what to do. What do you think ? Maybe I sometimes repeat few things again so that I can highlight it once again, and to make sure the reader understands the message.
Btw, What do you guys think about my articles content/quality ? Tell me honestly.
Well, I guess my advice to you would be to look at the number of members here that do like your articles instead of the occasional ones that are just looking to insult the writers.
I find most of your articles to be informative and newsworthy. tbh I don’t know why a person clicks on an article that they clearly don’t like the author. Skims it and then posts a negative comment when that guy could have just skipped your article.
Okay, thanks for your kind words ! It means a lot ! Honestly speaking, I don’t know how many of the members/readers here actually LIKE my articles though, lol.
But you do have a point. Even John is telling me to IGNORE comments like this in the future. But its too hard for me to ignore them sometimes.
Anyways, thanks for your support ! I think this comment section mess is all part of the “Unrestrained Policy” which users vote each year. But it doesn’t say members can attack the authors though.
I told john about this, but he didn’t comment on the Unrestrained Policy rules. According to him “insulting authors” is also included in this policy. IDK though.
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Thanks a lot m8 !!
People that can do. Those that cannot, criticize. Every single person on ESPN wishes they could play professional sports, but they cannot. So they sit in a desk and criticize those that can to make themselves feel superior.
Just 12GB?i hope this part is wrong.
Read this article. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 features 24GB of memory. I didn’t cover the previous PCB story/leak, since it lacked enough evidence to warrant an article.
Though, take this rumor with a grain of salt though, because nothing is confirmed officially by Nvidia. Micron says 12 GB, but this PCB shows 24 GB !! But if the card has 12 modules on both sides, so we can expect a 24gb variant as well.
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-features-twelve-gddr6x-memory-modules
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/30cbacb36863da8a68a6bfe7b3cf2924b162f7f0547e722e25b34a362b3bb1a8.jpg
Thanks.i read before about 24gb possibility.that is why i was surprised.i expected 24 gb to be way more probable and 12gb is just really no step up from previous gen.
Too many confusing rumours. Especially this mysterious and maybe unnecessary 3090 card.
“Despite Micron claiming the RTX 3090 would launch with 12 GB GDDR6X memory”
No, they didn’t.
I’ve been hoping for either AMD or Nvidia to bring out an MCM GPU.I believe MCM will be the future.
phew, I read this as 21Gb of VRAM at first :O
AND cost me my apartment!
It will be fun to watch videos about these $2000 cards but I would never buy one.