author: Bart Woldanski
GeForce RTX 3090 With GDDR6X Officially Confirmed
Micron has officially confirmed that the top-of-the-line Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 will have 12GB of GDDR6X memory. We've learned partial specs of this performance monster from the Ampere family.
Until now, the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 Series GPUs have only been spoken of in the realm of rumors and speculation, often contradictory. Until now, that is. Micron, which has been cooperating with Nvidia for years, officially confirmed the existence of the GeForce RTX 3090, with 12GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit data bus. This is also the first confirmation of a new, faster version of the memory. In addition, thanks to Micron's publication, we learned about the speed of the GDDR6X modules, which reaches 19-21 Gb/s. This means that the memory bandwidth of the GeForce RTX 3090 may exceed the magic barrier of 1 TB/s (expected to be between 912 and 1008 GB/s).
A document disclosed by Micron also makes a very important reference to the fact that we shouldn't expect 16 GB GDDR6X memories with even higher bandwith (up to 24 Gbps) before 2021. This denies the announcement of a variant with 24 GB VRAM, which was mentioned in recent rumors. Chipsets with more memory will probably appear in refreshed models, which would be sold next year as SUPER models, like the current generation of Turings.
There is still no confirmation whether Nvidia will use Samsung's 8-nanometer process or TSMC's 7-nanometer process in upcoming Ampere GPUs. Cooperation with the former would allow for reduced production costs, and thus the price of the GeForce RTX 3000 series would not increase too much compared to the previous generation. For now, however, we can only follow speculatations of industry experts. The official prices should be known on September 1, this year, as that's when Nvidia's conference will take place, during which GeForce RTX 3000 cards will be announced. The first models are to appear in stores in mid-September.