AMD Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs gets support for Micron Technology’s 16Gbps GDDR6 memory solution

Recently Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), has made a huge announcement that the company’s high-performance 16Gb/16Gbps GDDR6 memory solution is now available with AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series graphics cards which are built on the AMD RDNA™ 2 gaming architecture.

Using the company’s advanced 1z process technology, the latest of the GDDR6 memory will be boosted to up to 512GB/s system performance for demanding applications like gaming and graphics.

Micron Technology has a rich history of innovation and collaboration with industry leaders in delivering breakthrough performances that have enabled the most advanced gaming solutions in the market. And AMD’s already powerful gaming card is all set to benefit from this breakthrough technology.

As graphics and gaming applications become more demanding, the requirements for high bandwidth memory and system performance have also increased. Modern gamers expect high-resolution, immersive experiences, and the GDDR6 technology has it all to answer the calls of every gamer, by offering them faster frame rates.

“Micron is passionate about driving product innovation in leading-edge graphics for our customers. Our GDDR6 Ultra-Bandwidth Solution, in collaboration with AMD GPU capability, will provide an enhanced user experience and advanced performance in gaming.”

— said Mark Montierth vice president and general manager of High-Performance Memory and Networking at Micron.

AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture is optimized to deliver high performance and power efficiency and since the GPU is built on the AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, the graphics cards address the ever-increasing demands of modern games, delivering high frame rates, incredible visual fidelity, and highly responsive gaming experiences.

“Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards were built to deliver high-performance, no-compromises gaming experiences, and the addition of Micron memory to the product line will help us meet that objective. Micron has a strong history of developing advanced memory products, and we worked closely with their engineering team to optimize GDDR6 for RDNA 2 architecture-based graphics cards, giving our board partners more choice and flexibility to produce additional designs for gamers.”

— said Scott Herkelman, corporate vice president and general manager of the Graphics Business Unit at AMD.

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