Samsung shows 'world's first' DDR 3 chip

**MIG-31** · Feb 18, 2005, 06:31 PM

Demand for DDR 2 SDRAM has barely begun to exceed DDR levels - the latest generation memory technology is still the more expensive of the two, bit for bit - yet Samsung has already started touting DDR 3.

The South Korean giant this week claimed to have punched out the world's first DDR 3 chip, a 512Mb part clocked at an effective 1066MHz - higher than the 800MHz DDR 2 has so far topped out at.

Samsung pledged to ship the chip early next year, fabricating it using an 80nm process. However, on the basis of market forecasts from researcher IDC, published by Samsung, DDR 3 won't become the predominant memory technology until toward the end of the decade. According to IDC, DDR 3 will account for 65 per cent of DRAM shipments in 2009.

Samsung's prototype device operates at 1.5V, below the 1.8V DDR 2 operates at, making it even more battery friendly. It incorporates self-calibration and data synchronisation circuitry which contribute to a data rate double today's DDR 2 systems.
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Source: The Register

aaronbond · Feb 18, 2005, 07:52 PM

I hope they get a good distributor to go with middle of next year, and BAM we all have DDR3 by end of next year.

**dj_stick** · Feb 18, 2005, 09:24 PM

we also have to have motherboard/chipset support

El Kapitano · Feb 18, 2005, 10:00 PM

Or processor support in the case of AMD64

Judas · Feb 18, 2005, 10:45 PM

this is one of the precise reason I understood AMD keeps refusing to support DDR2

Feb 18, 2005, 06:31 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Samsung shows 'world's first' DDR 3 chip Demand for DDR 2 SDRAM has barely begun to exceed DDR levels - the latest generation memory technology is still the more expensive of the two, bit for bit - yet Samsung has already started touting DDR 3. The South Korean giant this week claimed to have punched out the world's first DDR 3 chip, a 512Mb part clocked at an effective 1066MHz - higher than the 800MHz DDR 2 has so far topped out at. Samsung pledged to ship the chip early next year, fabricating it using an 80nm process. However, on the basis of market forecasts from researcher IDC, published by Samsung, DDR 3 won't become the predominant memory technology until toward the end of the decade. According to IDC, DDR 3 will account for 65 per cent of DRAM shipments in 2009. Samsung's prototype device operates at 1.5V, below the 1.8V DDR 2 operates at, making it even more battery friendly. It incorporates self-calibration and data synchronisation circuitry which contribute to a data rate double today's DDR 2 systems. _______________ Source: The Register __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 18, 2005, 07:52 PM	#2
aaronbond DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	I hope they get a good distributor to go with middle of next year, and BAM we all have DDR3 by end of next year.

Feb 18, 2005, 10:00 PM	#4
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Or processor support in the case of AMD64