Discover Micron’s revolutionary HBM4E memory scheduled for 2028
Exciting news from Micron as they unveil plans for their groundbreaking memory innovation.
Micron is forging ahead with its vision for the future of memory technology. These innovative advancements will bring about enhanced experiences in gaming and data center markets. The company’s latest roadmap reveals plans for exciting new products such as the HBM4E memory, marking a significant leap in Micron’s commitment to the gaming market. Additionally, the roadmap includes the anticipated release of 256GB DDR5-12800 memory sticks based on the MCR DIMM design.
Tom’s Hardware has unveiled an official Micron roadmap, detailing the remarkable progress in High-Bandwidth-Memory (HBM) technology in recent years. We can expect significant advancements, with progressively powerful modules becoming available almost every year. The timeline includes the highly-anticipated release of 24GB 8-stack HBM3e memory in early 2024, followed by the arrival of 36GB modules with 12 stacks in 2025.
Furthermore, the roadmap mentions the upcoming HBM4 and its successor, HBM4e. The first generation will focus on enabling 12 and 16-hi stacks, with capacities ranging from 36GB to 48GB. These innovations will also lead to a bandwidth increase from HBM3e’s 1.2 TB/s to 1.5 GB/s, driving advancements in HPC accelerators from 2026 to 2027. By 2028, Micron is set to reveal its HBM4E memory, featuring 12 to 16 stacks, with capacity expected to increase to 48 to 64GB per stack, along with a bandwidth increase to 2 TB/s.
Micron Memory Roadmap, Source: Micron/Tom’s Hardware
Gamers can look forward to an upgrade in GDDR memory with the introduction of GDDR7 technology in late 2024. The initial release of GDDR7 chips is expected to bring a bandwidth boost to 32 Gbps, along with the introduction of new 24 Gb modules (3GB). This advancement will lead to a more intricate memory configuration on consumer graphics cards. Following this launch, GDDR7 memory with a higher bandwidth of 36 Gbps is projected to shape the gaming GPU market in 2027 and 2028.
Micron’s roadmap, as highlighted by Tom’s Hardware, outlines the introduction of MCRDIMM (Multiplexer Combined Ranks DIMM) memory in 2025, boasting a substantial capacity ranging from 128 to 256 GB and an impressive transfer speed of 8800 MT/s. The next few years will be dedicated to increasing the bandwidth, expected to reach 12800 MT/s around 2026/2027.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
