Micron and Rambus want to use gddr6 for more than just video cards

Micron, Rambus, Northwest Logic and Avery Design are working together to make gddr6 usable for applications other than video cards. According to the companies, the fast memory is suitable for crypto mining and self-driving cars, among other things.

According to Micron, previous generations of gddr memory have mainly been used for graphics applications in, for example, video cards, and the new collaboration will change that. Rambus has created an interface for communicating with the gddr6 memory, which is made by Micron. The Rambus GDDR6 PHY can deliver a maximum bandwidth of 64GB/s. Northwest Logic is the maker of the necessary gddr6 controller and Avery Design is responsible for the verification.

The product provided by the four collaborating companies is intended for chip designers and enables them to create processors and socs that can handle gddr6 memory. This also concerns, for example, ASICs that are used in crypto mining and FPGAs. When announcing its gddr6 memory early last year, Micron already said it plans to use it for applications other than gaming.