Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported today it has begun mass producing 667MBps Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) DRAM memory, which touts 25 percent greater bandwidth than the fastest main memory available today.

Designed for faster data transfer in desktop and notebook PCs, workstations and servers, the DDR2-667 is meant to optimize performance in both single-core and dual-core processors, the company said.

Samsung shipped its first DDR2 DRAM in April 2004.

Late last year, research firm iSuppli Corp. projected that the DDR2 market would grow from 35 percent of total DRAM production this year to 68 percent in 2006.

The modules are produced on Samsung’s 90nm process technology on 300mm wafers.

In addition to increased system performance, DDR2-667 is meant to allow additional benefit to the notebook market due to its 30 percent less power consumption than DDR400.

Samsung’s DDR2-667 is available in 256Mbyte and 512Mbyte versions, with a 1Gbyte version expected late this year, the company added.

By: DocMemory
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