Gains Intel’s Seal of Approval
Not a single desktop uses DDR2 memory yet, but Micron Technology’s betting that’s going to change real fast when the next crop of Intel chipsets hits the market — just as its DDR2 memory modules run real fast, at 400MHz and 533MHz, thanks to 0.11-micron process technology.
Micron says it’s introduced, and Intel has validated, the industry’s first 256Mb DDR2 SDRAM components manufactured on 0.11-micron technology. Specifically, Intel has validated the new SDRAMs at DDR2-400 speed on the x4 and x8 configurations and DDR2-533 speed on the x8 configuration; Micron anticipates the speeds being used primarily in server and desktop platforms, respectively, as the DDR2 market ramps up in 2004.
The memory maker points out that building dual-channel 512MB platforms with a pair of 256MB PC2-4300 modules yields twice the bandwidth of a single-channel system using one 512MB module, though it expects some of its 256Mb DDR2 chips to show up in 128MB and 512MB modules to hit a variety of price points.