PC memory gets faster, safer with new DDR5 standard

As CPU makers push microprocessors even faster, a PC’s memory must keep up as well. JEDEC, a key chip standards body, has responded by issuing a new DDR5 memory standard that pushes speeds up to 8800Mbps.

Put another way, that means that PC memory speeds will increase from DDR5-6800 to DDR5-8800, eventually. Memory makers as well as PC processor vendors will have to support the new standard, and modules will have to be manufactured and tested. But the official announcement means that the clock has started.