A massive 1TB RAM is coming soon as Samsung introduces its largest memory module ever, but it won’t be cheap
Samsung will use its latest 32Gb DDR5 DRAM memory to one day create a monstrous 1TB DRAM module for the “AI era”.
Based on 12nm class process technology, the new module is twice the size of the 16Gb DRAM module that the company began mass production in May.
Samsung has produced 128 GB of DDR5 RAM for servers using the through-silicon via (TSV) process with 16 Gb modules. But by using 32Gb modules, it can produce this unit without the TSV process, thereby reducing energy consumption for end users by 10%.
Better yet, Samsung plans to use the 32Gb DDR5 DRAM modules to build DRAM modules with capacities up to 1TB. These are certainly among the best RAM units.
While this may seem excessive – and it certainly is for everyday computing – memory of this size is ideal for use in AI and big data workloads, especially as the scale of data and large language models (LLMs) among other systems starts to top out to scale.
While production and distribution of the 32Gb memory will begin from late 2023, the company has not yet set a date for production of 1TB DDR5 RAM units, nor has it indicated how much they will cost.
The largest RAM unit Samsung has produced to date is 512GB in size and was unveiled in 2021. This was designed for what were considered next-gen servers at the time, including servers powered by the fastest CPUs such as AMD Epyc Genoa and Intel. Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ Processors. These RAM units contain 16 Gb memory chips.
While you can’t currently buy these 512 GB RAM units at the time of writing, the company does sell a 256 GB DDR5 DRAM module, which on sale for $3,679.99 currently. This equates to $14 per GB, meaning that – if prices increase linearly – the future 1TB DDR5 DRAM unit could sell for around $15,000 each.