It only took a few weeks Elpida to launch on the market for memory card. Last August, Japan's firm had bought the patents of deceased German chip maker Qimonda. A few days ago, Elpida concluded a partnership with Taiwan's Winbond concerning production. Today, the company then announced its first chip GDDR5. The EDW1032BABG Elpida offers a capacity of 1 Gb (128 MB) for a throughput of 6 Gbps.

The founder joined Nippon therefore the Korean Samsung and Hynix (whose chips GDDR5 to 5 Gbps equip the recent ATI Radeon HD 5970). The first samples of the new chip are scheduled for the month of December. Mass production is not expected until the second quarter of 2010. The time for Elpida to open production lines at its plant in Hiroshima.

This is a milestone for the company now offers all types of existing DRAM (DDR, GDDR, XDR DRAM and Mobile). Elpida has been one of the few founders of DRAM to pass the crisis without worries. The same company Nippon displays strong growth at its sales. His chip high-performance DDR3 Hyper are present in many high-end modules, and therefore at high margins. We wish the same success with Elpida on GDDR!