Skip to content

AMD Quietly Lays GDDR7 Groundwork In Linux Kernel, Signaling RDNA 5 Could Finally Abandon Aging GDDR6

A hand holding an AMD RDNA chip and an SK hynix GDDR7 chip against a background with the number 5.

AMD has begun preparing its open-source Linux graphics driver for GDDR7 memory as spotted in the latest kernel patches. Latest AMDGPU Patches Introduce a GDDR7 Identifier Alongside New IP Blocks, Which Could be Associated With AMD’s RDNA 5 Architecture While AMD didn’t confirm the memory type it will use for its next generation of graphics cards, it’s likely that it’s going to transition from GDDR6 to the newer GDDR7 memory type. This is now more evident from the latest Linux kernel patches that show AMD has laid the groundwork for GDDR7 memory support. The latest kernel patches add “GDDR7” as […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/amd-prepares-linux-driver-support-for-gddr7/