DDR3 standard gets the green light

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DDR3 standard gets the green light

Daniel Fleshbourne on 29 June 2007 - 11:46 · 6 comments & 3896 views

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The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (Jedec) has published the specifications of the forthcoming Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) memory standard. DDR3 memory promises improvements in performance and power consumption over DDR2 and older standards. The new technology operates at 1.5V and offers an increased operating temperature range. DD2 operates at 2.5V and DD1 used 1.8V. DDR3 also doubles the pre-fetch buffer from 4-bit to 8-bit. The new memory modules will especially shine in applications that require the transfer of large amounts of memory. The decreases in power consumption will also help increase battery life in laptops.

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#1 denzilla on 29 Jun 2007 - 11:48

Can't wait to pay $250 for 2GB of value ram again

(2 replies) #2 Malbojia on 29 Jun 2007 - 12:28

might want to correct the summary. DDR1 uses 2.6 and DDR2 uses 1.8. Had me wondering the voltages there for a second.

#2.1 EduardValencia on 29 Jun 2007 - 12:58

lol me too ^^

#2.2 ir0nw0lf on 29 Jun 2007 - 14:45

Yeah, indeed! 2.5V on DDR2? Can you say "Smokin'!"

#3 Croquant on 29 Jun 2007 - 13:42

Looking forward to his. An Intel Wolfdale/Yorkfeild core and some DDR3 DRAM will probably run circles around AMD's next-gen cores.

#4 black_death on 29 Jun 2007 - 15:48

finally! drr2's voltage was getting way too overclocked.

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