Reports indicate that NVIDIA has chosen Samsung as its memory supplier for the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" gaming GPUs. This marks a significant win for Samsung, especially after facing challenges in the HBM market for AI solutions.
According to the Korean outlet Greened.kr, Samsung's GDDR7 memory will be featured in NVIDIA's next-generation products launching early next year. While SK Hynix and Micron also developed GDDR7 solutions, Samsung secured the deal due to early verification and validation with NVIDIA's GPUs. This marks a return to Samsung memory for NVIDIA after relying on Micron for its RTX 30 and RTX 40 series.
Both desktop and laptop versions of the RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs are expected to utilize Samsung's GDDR7 memory. NVIDIA plans to use both 28 Gbps and 32 Gbps GDDR7 chips, with the RTX 5080 using the fastest 32 Gbps variant. Even at 28 Gbps, the RTX 5090 will see a substantial bandwidth increase to 1792 GB/s, a 78% improvement over the RTX 4090.
Samsung has already announced 16Gb and 24Gb GDDR7 modules with speeds of up to 42.5 Gbps planned for the future. While higher capacities are possible with 24Gb chips, they are expected later or as part of a refresh.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs are expected to debut at CES 2025, with the first products hitting shelves in January.
