Generational leaps in PC memory don’t arrive as quickly as many other technological innovations. About seven years after the announcement of DDR4, the next generation of PC memory, DDR5, is finally here. At Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake CPU launch, DDR5 got some airtime, giving us a glimpse at what we can expect from the next generation of PC RAM.
As this is a new standard, there’s a lot of new stuff to learn about DDR5. It’s obviously an improvement over the last generation in terms of speed, but it also has some other significant differences. Here’s everything you need to know about DDR5.