Will DDR6 rams be released this year?

[Paul Walker]

I want to build a computer with the 5000 series by the end of this year, but I think ddr6 will be released this year. Zen 5 architecture, that is, 9000 series processors, as far as I know, do not support ddr6. So won't there be ddr6 support in arrow lake and grantie ridge series processors this year?

 

[Onasi]

Uh, no. There isn’t even a standard yet, let alone any confirmed production. DDR5 was finalized only in 2020 and became a consumer standard in only the last couple of years. We are not getting DDR6 in the near future, let alone this year.

 

[Paul Walker]

I understand, then I'll get a ddr5 system and move on when the 5000 series comes out, of course

 

[ir_cow]

I think around 2027 we will see it emerge. Few more years to go.

 

[Onasi]

I think around 2027 we will see it emerge. Few more years to go.

Agreed. Probably business as usual - 2025 we get the finalized JEDEC standard spec, 2026 we get modules for servers/datacenters, 2027 some slow rollout of first consumer DIMMs. Obviously, if nothing out of the ordinary happens and delays the process.

 

[Avro Arrow]

This year? DDR5 was only released four years ago and RAM usually is in vogue for six or seven years. AMD names its sockets after the RAM type that they're compatible with:

AM2(+): DDR2
AM3(+): DDR3
AM4: DDR4
AM5: DDR5

I don't expect to see DDR6 for at least another two years but it's more than likely going to be longer than that because the industry already knows that they jumped the gun with DDR5 because DDR4 is still perfectly viable (I'm still using it) despite being originally released ten years ago.

Their best practice would be to time their production of the new standard with the rate of the old standard's stock depletion. They used to do that which is why the cost of DDR and DDR2 were so high after the introduction of DDR3. The older standard RAM was more expensive than DDR3 because by the time DDR3 was released, DDR2 (and especially DDR) had become quite rare and thus. costly.

These days, DDR4 is still cheaper than DDR5 because they released DDR5 before they really should have. I think that the increase in PC parts sales due to COVID played a part in their over-production of DDR4 and it's a mistake that they won't want to make again and the current abundance of DDR4 and DDR5 make me expect that DDR6 probably won't be seen for maybe another 4-5 years. They're not going to want the same level of market saturation when DDR6 is introduced because it not only means slimmer margins, it also means more warehouse space dedicated to dead inventory which is a logistical cardinal sin.

TLDR: Don't hold your breath waiting for DDR6 to come out.

 

[10tothemin9volts]

(i hope it's ok if i replay, as generally speaking it's still relevant)
I also hope for DDR6 as soon as possible. When DDR5 came out, AI (in the sense that we know it today) + its high bandwidth requirements weren't a thing. Now the industry has a good reason to maybe release it sooner.
DDR: 1998 + 5years
DDR2: 2003 + 4 years
DDR3: 2007 + 7 years
DDR4: 2014 + 6 years
DDR5: 2020 + 5.5 years on average
= DDR6: 2025 H2, but it doesn't look like it.
Huge maybe 2026 at the earliest.
I get 1.7 token/s offloading Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct-Q6_K.gguf to RAM only (see my RAM spec in signature after u log-in), without partially offloading to my 4070 (then it's 2.3-2.5). Doubling the bandwidth (consumer dual channel DDR6) would be nice, but quadrupling (quad channel DDR6) (hopefully it's coming to consumer mobos) would be much nicer.

 

[W1zzard]

I think around 2027 we will see it emerge. Few more years to go.

+1 on that, maybe even later, and with extremely low adoption rates

in arrow lake and grantie ridge series

There is no way existing products can support a new memory standard. The CPU pins in the socket and motherboard memory bus will have to be reworked, probably the physical slots too

 

[freeagent]

People are still transitioning to DDR5 from older versions, it is still a bit early for DDR6 I think..

 

[tpuuser256]

They could release DDR6 if they wanted but we would need to wait a while before getting real performance increases (over the best DDR5) and for the prices to make sense

If you want faster ram, you could go with CAMM2 and CUDIMM in the future. DDR5 still has a lot to give

 

[chrcoluk]

It feels like DDR4 lasted much longer than the projected lifespan for DDR5, but it might be just my mind playing tricks I guess. On both PC's looks like I will end up going DDR4 -> 6. But do use LPDDR5 on N100.

 

[redeye]

no, for PC’s.

why gddr6?… gddr7 is a better RAM tech. and gddr6 is already in the computer “ps5”…

but gddr7 tech is perfect for GPU’s but not much random access, but plenty of sequential access…

and you need a motherboard, so is intel /AMD going to release a gddr6 motherboard ? is intel going to design a cpu with gddr6?

sony and microsoft have designed motherboard for gddr6, but moot point.

 

[igormp]

no, for PC’s.

why gddr6?… gddr7 is a better RAM tech. and gddr6 is already in the computer “ps5”…

but gddr7 tech is perfect for GPU’s but not much random access, but plenty of sequential access…

and you need a motherboard, so is intel /AMD going to release a gddr6 motherboard ? is intel going to design a cpu with gddr6?

sony and microsoft have designed motherboard for gddr6, but moot point.

I believe OP was talking about DDR6, the next step from our current DDR5.
This has nothing to do with GDDR6.