Corsair: Performance memory market not about overclocking anymore

Iria · Aug 26, 2005, 01:38 PM

"San Francisco (CA) - During IDF we had a chance to sit down with Andy Paul, chief executive officer of Corsair, and talk about challenges for one of the world's largest performance memory makers - and user trends that are impacting the industry.

Not too long ago, performance memory was purchased mainly by overclockers as an essential component that was capable of significantly increasing system performance. But this rather small market segment has developed to become a substantial global business: Corsair says it is shipping more than 500,000 memory modules every month.

According to Andy Paul, the market landscape is changing for performance memory makers. While the technology is relatively static for about two years - the company still offers DDR1-400 devices - the demands of users have changed. Overclockers today account for just about 5 percent of Corsair's customers; 85 percent are savvy users who are simply building or upgrading their own system. "We have saturated the overclocking market. It is not growing as fast as we are overall," he said.
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Aug 26, 2005, 01:38 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Corsair: Performance memory market not about overclocking anymore "San Francisco (CA) - During IDF we had a chance to sit down with Andy Paul, chief executive officer of Corsair, and talk about challenges for one of the world's largest performance memory makers - and user trends that are impacting the industry. Not too long ago, performance memory was purchased mainly by overclockers as an essential component that was capable of significantly increasing system performance. But this rather small market segment has developed to become a substantial global business: Corsair says it is shipping more than 500,000 memory modules every month. According to Andy Paul, the market landscape is changing for performance memory makers. While the technology is relatively static for about two years - the company still offers DDR1-400 devices - the demands of users have changed. Overclockers today account for just about 5 percent of Corsair's customers; 85 percent are savvy users who are simply building or upgrading their own system. "We have saturated the overclocking market. It is not growing as fast as we are overall," he said. __________ Read More / Source: Tom's Hardware Guide