With Kingston, another RAM manufacturer has confirmed its work on DDR5 modules for mainstream platforms in an effective advertising manner. For the upcoming market launch towards the end of the year, the first copies are already at partners, in order to explore the possibilities with OC kits in addition to the standard kits.
JEDEC-RAM starts in the desktop at 4,800 MHz
JEDEC, as the body responsible for the standardization of main memory, had finally adopted the official specifications for RAM of the DDR5 type back in July of last year. For the desktop, clock rates of 4,800 MHz at 1.1 volts and thus higher bandwidth and less supply voltage than the predecessor DDR4 should mark the entry point. Higher speeds of 6,400 MHz and 8,000 MHz with the JEDEC seal are expected next year or the year after next, corresponding test kits should already be available from motherboard manufacturers to sound out the settings.
XMP profiles from DDR5 kits are tested
OC-RAM, in which in the XMP profile not only higher speeds but also latencies outside of the norm are present, should, according to the latest reports, even reach 10,000 MHz at an unspecified point in time. The project cannot be implemented with the typical DDR5 voltage of 1.1 volts, but Team Group has already confirmed that with DDR5 2.6 volts and more are feasible for high overclocking.
The DDR5 overclocking memory has greater room for voltage adjustment, due to its upgraded power management IC. This PMIC can support high frequency overclocking with voltage over 2.6V. In previous generations, voltage conversion was controlled by the motherboard. With DDR5, components were moved to the memory, enabling the module to handle the voltage conversion, which not only reduces voltage wear but also reduces noise generation. This allows significantly increased room for overclocking compared to the past, and more powerful computing processing.
Team Group
First possibilities at which clock speeds OC-RAM with DDR5 -Chips which voltage needs and how low the timings can be set is explored in first attempts by Kingston. Selected modules are sent to mainboard partners in order to create reliable XMP profiles that are ready for the market.
More detailed information on which clock rates, voltages and timings have a realistic chance at the current time Kingston doesn't make it ready for the market. The manufacturer expects final products as early as the third quarter of 2021, almost at the same time as the first DDR5 platforms are released. Among other things, Intel's first hybrid CPU generation, codenamed Alder Lake-S, which is supposed to support the new RAM standard ex works.