Friday, December 4th 2009
Samsung to Offer 1 Gigabit XDR DRAM
Rambus Inc., one of the world's premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. will offer a 1 Gigabit XDR DRAM memory device. XDR DRAM is a key component of Rambus' award-winning XDR memory architecture. Samsung's 1Gb XDR DRAM device will broaden the availability of XDR technology for gaming, computing and consumer electronics applications.
"Samsung's market leadership means system manufacturers can be assured of a reliable supply of our XDR DRAM," said Sharon Holt, senior vice president of Licensing and Marketing at Rambus. "With XDR memory's world-leading bandwidth performance, designers can meet their system requirements with fewer devices and greater power efficiency."
The XDR memory architecture achieves significantly higher performance than today's standard memories. It provides excellent bandwidth with superior power efficiency for demanding computing and consumer electronics applications.
"Samsung's market leadership means system manufacturers can be assured of a reliable supply of our XDR DRAM," said Sharon Holt, senior vice president of Licensing and Marketing at Rambus. "With XDR memory's world-leading bandwidth performance, designers can meet their system requirements with fewer devices and greater power efficiency."
The XDR memory architecture achieves significantly higher performance than today's standard memories. It provides excellent bandwidth with superior power efficiency for demanding computing and consumer electronics applications.
12 Comments on Samsung to Offer 1 Gigabit XDR DRAM
Does that mean they now have 128 MB XDR chips? Not that it really means anything in the x86 world because Intel and AMD have both cemented DDR3 as the current memory standard.
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With XDR and EDRAM alike I'd say it's not a matter of AMD or Intel using it for system memory (which traditionally doesn't need bandwidth nearly as much as other applications), but we'll see it in ATI/AMD and nVidia's new products. That's where the bandwidth push is currently, and while GDDR5 is fine and good, it could also reduce the cost of the PCB by using smaller width buses for the same bandwidth.
Learn this line rambus haters. It works in the inverse, as in once good, not always good.