With both Nvidia and AMD expected to roll a number of graphics cards equipped with GDDR5 memory in the coming months, South Korea's Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun to mass produce GDDR5 chips usinh the 50nm process technology. Able to top a transfer speed of 7.0Gbps, the new 50nm memory works at 1.35 volts and is available in a 32Mb x32 configuration (can be set up as a 64Mb x16 device too).

"Our early 2009 introduction of GDDR5 chips will help us to meet the growing demand for higher performance graphics memory in PCs, graphic cards and game consoles," said Mueez Deen, director, mobile and graphics memory, Samsung Semiconductor. "Because GDDR5 is the fastest and highest performing memory in the world, we're able to improve the gaming experience with it across all platforms."

According to Samsung, GDDR5 will account for over 20% of the total graphic memory market this year.