SK hynix Inc. (or ‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) today introduced the world’s fastest 2Znm 8Gb(Gigabit) GDDR6(Graphics DDR6) DRAM. The product operates with an I/O data rate of 16Gbps(Gigabits per second) per pin, which is the industry’s fastest. With a high-end graphics card, this DRAM processes up to 768GB(Gigabytes) of graphics data per second. SK hynix has been planning to mass produce the product for a client to release high-end graphics card by early 2018 equipped with high performance GDDR6 DRAMs.

GDDR is specialized DRAM for processing an extensive amount of graphics data quickly according to what graphics cards command in PCs, workstations, video players and high performance gaming machines. Especially, GDDR6 is a next generation graphics solution under development of standards at JEDEC, which runs twice as fast as GDDR5 having 10% lower operation voltage. As a result, it is expected to speedily substitute for GDDR5 and GDDR5X. SK hynix has been collaborating with a core graphics chipset client to timely mass produce the GDDR6 for the upcoming market demands.

“With the introduction of this industry’s fastest GDDR6, SK hynix will actively respond to high quality, high performance graphics memory solutions market” said senior vice president Jonghoon Oh, the Head of DRAM Product Development Division. “The Company would help our clients enhance their performance of high-end graphics cards” he added.

GDDR6 is regarded as one of necessary memory solutions in growing industries such as AI(Artificial Intelligence), VR(Virtual Reality), self-driving cars, and high-definition displays over 4K to support their visualization. According to Gartner, average graphics DRAM density in graphics cards is to be 2.2GB this year and 4.1GB in 2021 with CAGR of 17%.

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SK hynix (‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) announced that it has developed the industry’s first 20nm class 4Gb(gigabit) graphics DDR3 DRAM which provides power efficiency and fast speed performance.

This product works at 1.35V which is 30% less power consumption compared to the previous 30nm class 1.5V product. As an eco-friendly product, it is well suited for the low power laptop since it operates at a low-voltage while it offers graphics performance as the desktop level.

The product operates at the speed of 1.8Gbps and processes up to 3.6GB(gigabytes) of data per second with a 16-bit I/O. Operating at 1.5V with this product is also available with the speed of 2.0Gbps and it processes up to 4GB of data per second.

As an industry leader in the graphics memory market, SK hynix plans to start mass production of this new product in the fourth quarter of this year and lead the eco-friendly solution market.

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About SK hynix Inc.

SK hynix Inc., Korea, is the world’s top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips (“DRAM”), Flash memory chips (“NAND Flash”) and CMOS Image Sensors (“CIS”) for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company’s shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com.

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Seong-Ae Park
Phone: +82.2.3459.5325
E-Mail: seongae.park@sk.com

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