DDR6 will double the current DDR5 in speed and will arrive in 2027

While the DDR5 memory keep moving forward to offer every time best resultsthe DDR4 It still seems to have a large fleet of PCs that use it. This does not prevent the next generation DDR6 is in development and also moving forward to arrive as soon as possible to our computers. But the major memory manufacturers are accelerating production of this upcoming DDR6, and is expected to be available by 2027.

DDR6 memory will double the base speed of DDR5

We already know that initially the first to test this memory with better capacities than DDR5 will be the data centers on your serversso home users will not find this new memory available for their PCs until later in 2027. The main manufacturers, Samsung, Hynix and Micronthey have already managed to launch their first prototypes and have advanced to validation testswhich they are verifying in collaboration with Intel, AMD and NVIDIA.

DDR6 memory will be launched with initial speeds of 8,800 MT/sbut it will be deployed to currently unthinkable figures of more than 17,000 MT/s. These speeds They will double the current DDR5 published by the JEDEC and without counting those achieved with other techniques such as overclocking. Speeds achieved thanks to new technologies for signal integrity and 4×24-bit subchannel architecture. The industry also seems to be betting on CAMM2 formatwhich for DDR5 does not seem to have had much adoption, neither in portable nor desktop formats.

Up to 17,600 MT/s with DDR6 memories

Validation tests are expected to be completed by next year 2026, being 2027 the year in which data centers and servers can begin the adoption of this new formatespecially if the price allows it. Later this year it is expected to be able to find the first DDR6 memory modules for home equipment with the same premise, the price.

An inconvenience that both data centers and home users surely take into account when testing this next standard, which can make the initial adoption is not so relevantjust as happened when the first DDR5 modules began to be seen.