ASGARD, a Chinese memory manufacturer, has revealed DDR5 memory kits for Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake desktop CPUs. The memory modules are entry-level models which will run at the base frequencies of the DDR5 standard which will have no compatibility issue with Intel’s 12th Gen family.
According to the company, the production of its DDR5 memory kits will begin when Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPUs and respective 600-series motherboards are near release. The memory modules unveiled by ASGARD include kits having a speed of 4800 MHz which is the base frequency of DDR5 RAM.
With DDR5, speeds of up to 6000 MHz are expected to be achieved when the technology is matured. We will get to see speeds beyond 6000 MHz by the time the memory matures for the consumer segment. The voltages are said to be set at 1.1V and the timings will be configured at 40-40-40 which are pretty loose compared to what we get on DDR4 nowadays.
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DDR5 will provide twice the performance of DDR4 while consuming 20% less power. The DDR5 memory kits will debut in Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs and other platforms from AMD such as AM5 in the near future as well.
ASGARD’s DDR5 memory kits will be available in 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB capacities. ASGARD has shown off a single DDR5 module which comes with 64 GB capacity and has an operating voltage of 1.1V with a speed of 4800 MHz. The UDIMM module is devoid of any heatsinks though we can expect most DDR5 kits at launch to be just like that.
ASGARD says that at the launch of DDR5 memory, Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPUs, Intel’s Sapphire Rapid-SP Xeon, Tiger Lake-U, AMD’s Van Gogh / Rembrandt APUs will be utilizing the new generation of memory.
ASGARD has not announced the pricing for these memory kits but we can expect them to be quite high considering they will be the newest and fastest memory standard after its release.
