HardwareMemoryDDR5-10000 memory is closer than ever after JEDEC, the managing body of the standard, extends the base DDR5 specWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The march towards DDR5-10000 continues. Although overclockers have already well and truly passed that mark, those kinds of speeds are all but out of reach without extreme cooling and you have the combination of top quality memory and a CPU with an equally good memory controller.
JEDECis the body that defines and maintains the DDR5 memory specification. Now, news comes viaAnandtech, revealing that JEDEC has extended the official specification from 6400 MT/s up to 8800 MT/s speeds. That doesn’t mean you’ll see DDR5-8800 support on current hardware, but it does point towards an improvement in next generation memory ICs.
Memory manufacturers are free to push beyond that original 6400 MT/s limit. I reviewed aTeamgroup DDR5-8200 memory kita little while back. It was difficult to run on a four-slot motherboard, but it serves as an example of how JEDEC standards are more of a baseline rather than reflective of the specs of what’s on the market.
The 8800 MT/s spec includes 62-62-62 primary timings—at best. Compare that to the aforementioned Teamgroup kit with its 38-49-49 timings. Those JEDEC timings are essentially there for the enterprise market, where memory stability is paramount.
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This news leaves me excited for what we might see from next generation hardware. At this point we have no idea of the memory capabilities of AMD’sZen 5or Intel’sArrow LakeCPUs, but if DDR5-8800 becomes a baseline over the next couple of years, it really is only a matter of time before DDR5-10000 kits become a reality.
I predict we’ll see a retail DDR5-10000 kit within a year. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see such a kit at this year’s Computex, even if it is just a binned kit with a sticker on it for show, alongside a demo on a highly binned CPU.
OK, gamers don’t need 10000 MT/s speeds unless you’re trying to extract every last frame from your system, but if your next system supports such speeds, and it’s available for a reasonable price without crazy high timings, it’ll become easier to justify. A DDR5-6000 kit was considered a premium option when it launched alongside 12th Gen CPUs. Now it’s considered mainstream, and such kits don’t cost a lot more than slower kits.
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