EDN

400-MHz DDR DRAM face uncertain support

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The latest flavor of double-data-rate DRAM is facing an uncertain future as memory vendors butt heads over whether the 400-MHz chips will go beyond “boutique” status and find ...
ZDNet

Compaq takes plunge with newer, faster DDR memory

Compaq Computer on Wednesday introduced its first desktop computer using double data rate (DDR) memory, becoming the largest PC maker thus far to adopt the new, faster technology. Houston-based Compaq ...

DDR5 prices are skyrocketing thanks to AI memory greed

DDR5 prices are skyrocketing thanks to AI memory greed as PC kits get squeezed in early 2026 market madness ...
EDN

Same-die tactic eases DDR transition

In the DRAM industry, the year 2000 can be now viewed as the real coming-out of double-data-rate (DDR) DRAM. The DDR device specification was standardized at the Joint Electronic Device Engineering ...
ZDNet

Intel laptops get a memory charge

Intel laptops got a speed boost on Wednesday, as Taiwan's Via Technologies released the first chipset allowing the Pentium mobile chips to use a next-generation form of memory called DDR (double ...
CNET

Rambus royalties higher than expected

Company executives disclose the royalty rates the memory designer is seeking from manufacturers, and the numbers are higher than expected. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where ...
CNET

Commentary: High stakes in the DRAM market

Rambus has said that if the courts uphold its patent claims on synchronous and Double Data Rate (DDR) DRAM technologies, it may deny the right to use those technologies to the targets of its lawsuits- ...
Electronic Design

ISSI offers 128 Mb DDR DRAM for automotive applications

Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. has introduced its first x32 DDR, the 128 Mb IS43R32400A. "DDR DRAMs are now part of the low- to medium-density DRAM space," said Sanjiv Asthana, ISSI vice president ...
Electronic Design

Digital ICs/DSPs: DDR DRAM Modules Drive Data At 200, 266, Or 333 Mbits/s

Based on the 200-pin JEDEC SO-DIMM standard, the W3EG7266S-D4 512-Mbyte memory module delivers double-data-rate (DDR) throughput at 100, 133, or 166 MHz (200, 266, and 333 Mbits/s). Using 512-Mbit DDR ...
PC World

Intel set to bring next-gen DDR4 DRAM memory to computers later this year

Intel will add support for DDR4 memory to its high-end computers in the third quarter, sources familiar with the company’s plans said. The new DDR4 memory, which has been under development for more ...
Digi Times

ENE Technology warns DDR shortage may hit revenue, eyes drones for growth

ENE Technology said persistent shortages of DDR memory could weigh on revenue over the next two quarters, as tight supplies of DRAM and storage chips continue to pressure notebook and smartphone ...
Computerworld

It’s still alive: DDR5 memory is on the way

More DDR memory is on the way, despite many predictions that its time would soon be up. Development of specifications for the new DDR5 DRAM has started, and it will be finalized next year, JEDEC, a ...