DDR5 Confirmed by JEDEC: Way Better than DDR4 In terms of Bandwidth and Power Efficiency

The progress in the Personal Computing (PC) space can never be stopped. Its latest development in the PC industry is the arrival of DDR5 RAM, said to offer twice the bandwidth and consume less power than the DDR4 RAM it replaces.

According to Tech First, Double Data Rate version 5 (DDR5) will be the newest version of the volatile memory system from Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC). This new memory system was reported to offer twice as much bandwidth than the previous version along with reduced power consumption. Random Access Memory (RAM) is one of the most important components of a computer system. However, not all users switched from using DDR3 to DDR4; this will not stop electronic standardization governing body JEDEC from releasing DDR5.

DDR5 volatile memory system will offer improved system utilization and better channel efficiency. JEDEC confirmed that the new memory module will be able to provide increased bandwidth per pin, power efficiency, and capacity. Meanwhile, the DDR4 memory module has an average transfer speed of around 12 gigabytes per second and each module can hold as much as 16 gigabytes of data with a 64-bit data bus width which recently claimed that the new memory module will be able to offer a lot more than the DDR4.

According to Must Tech News, the new memory module by JEDEC was said to have a maximum capacity of 32 gigabytes per module which is twice than that of the DDR4 has. By this, the new memory module will have a data bandwidth of 51.2 gigabytes per second on a 62-bit data bus that is four times more than the previous version.

The previous DDR4 was reported to have a transfer rate of 3200 MTs per second while the upcoming DDR5 memory module will be expected to offer twice at 6200 MTs per second. Until a formal announcement on what the DDR5 can really offer, enthusiasts will just have to do with speculations. JEDEC is looking to present the new memory module at the Server Forum event in Santa Clara in June of this year.