Thursday, May 13, 2004
Intel Corp. is readying its new chip sets that support DDR2 SDRAM memory technology over the next two quarters. These chip sets include its previously-announced Grantsdale, Alderwood, Lindenhurst, Tumwater (for server) and Alviso (for notebook) products.
Initial chip sets will support 400- and 533-MHz versions of DDR2 SDRAM technology. DRAM vendors are also developing 667-MHz versions of DDR2.
According to market researcher iSuppli, despite Intel's considerable push behind the next-generation DRAM technology, DDR2 is unlikely to establish a major presence in the market in 2004. The DDR2 transition will be much more difficult than the industry's previous migrations from Extended Data Out (EDO) to SDRAM, and from SDRAM to DDR, iSuppli said.
One DRAM vendor has a slightly different viewpoint, however. "We expect that [DDR2] will be the fastest technology transition," said Jim Elliott, associate director of DRAM marketing for Samsung Electronics.
One reason for the fast transition is price parity between DDR1 and DDR2 technologies, Elliot said. DDR2 price parity will occur in 2005, roughly 12 to 18 months after the launch of the new technology, Elliott said.
Samsung is shipping its new 512-megabit DDR2 SDRAM chip line, based on its new 100-nm process, with a 1-gigabit DDR2 product in the sampling stages. Memory chips based on the new 100-nm process are being fabricated in Samsung's 300-mm fab in Hwaseong, South Korea.
By: DocMemory
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