Intel's recent 915 chipset bug is likely to delay production ramps of DDR2 chips. Meantimes, Taiwanese memory packaging and testing firms are seeing slowdowns in their DDR2-related orders, according to sources.

No one is certain when DDR2 will replace DDR as the mainstream memory for PCs. In general, analysts and industry players expect the transition to occur next year, with Intel's Grantsdale chipsets being a major driver.

According to DRAMeXchange, DDR2 will only account for 15% of the worldwide DRAM output by the end of this year, compared to 77.7% for DDR. However, the defect incident has already raised doubts about the transition going as planned.

By: DocMemory
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