Home Computing News Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are already working on your next PC's memory upgrade. Andrev Matveev / Unsplash The commercial adoption of DDR5 started in 2021 as it slowly became the new standard, and now the industry is already working on what comes next. According to TheElec , Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron have quietly kicked off early development of DDR6 , the next generation of memory protocol. The three companies have shared their designs with substrate manufacturers, who are now building initial prototypes and running verification tests. “Memory companies and substrate manufacturers typically proceed with joint development more than two years before product launch,” an industry official told TheElec. “Initial development of DDR6 has recently begun.” It is still very early days, but the process has started. Why does DDR6 matter? DDR6 is expected to more than double the data transfer speeds of DDR5, which currently tops out at 8.4Gbps.…