Thursday, February 20, 2003
Intel's move to release the 800MHz front side bus chip will lift the demand for DDR400 even for a short cycle. Without Intel in the game, DDR400 will not likely to be made in significant volume amid the fact that some of the top DRAM manufacturers would prefer to skip DDR400 and jump right into next-generation DDR-2.
Intel announced the release of two high-end chipsets, codenamed Springdale and Canterwood, that support single- and dual-channel DDR400 and an 800-MHz front-side bus at the Intel Developer Forum earlier this month.
Intel released the 800-MHz front-side bus for its chipsets ahead of initial schedule mainly to compete with AMD which planned to launch its Hammer processors supporting DDR400 in March, the analyst said.
Industry standards body JEDEC is somehow behind schedule in generating a standard specifications for DDR400. “It became a competitive stumbling block. That is, those who couldn't do it wanted to prevent JEDEC from standardizing it because they didn't want their competitors to find a premium for products they can't produce. That's why it became a very passionate debate,” said Bert McComas, founder of InQuest, a market research firm.
Intel's participating in the game will change the rules. One analyst said Intel has the power to come up with a spec for the systems that everyone can agree on.
By: DocMemory
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