Feb 02

Rambus introduces 4.3Gbps mobile memory

Posted in: memory, Today's Chili

It’s not all just lawsuits and overinflated posturing for Rambus — the prickly memory firm will later today demo what its calling the Mobile Memory Initiative, a 4.3Gbps phone-oriented variant of the XDR RAM used in the PS3 that requires just 100mV of power. That means companies can either build super-powerful phones that take advantage of a complete MMI system’s estimated 17GBps throughput, or build cheaper devices that offer performance equivalent to today’s memory with fewer MMI parts. Rambus won’t say who it’s working with to bring out MMI, but we’re going to have to wait a bit before we all score cheap HD videophones — the first products aren’t scheduled to hit until early 2010.

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Rambus introduces 4.3Gbps mobile memory originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 30

Samsung’s 4Gb chip promises 32GB DDR3 memory modules for PCs and laptops

Posted in: memory, samsung, Today's Chili

Oh Samsung, you and your world’s firsts. We like to tease but your latest breakthrough is truly notable: the world’s first 4Gb (bit, not Byte) DDR3 DRAM PC memory chip based on relatively frugal 50-nm processes. Two things here: 1) the new chips consume 40% less power than previous DD3 memory modules, and 2) the chips pave the way for 32GB (Byte, not bit) DIMM modules. The first modules will come in capacities of 16GB (containing 32 of the new 4Gb chips) for servers, 8GB DDR3 DIMMs for desktops, and 8GB SO-DIMMs for laptops. When, is the question Samsung fails to answer. The question to you is this: you’re not still buying full-spec’d DDR2-based laptops are you?

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Jan 30

Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green review roundup

Posted in: hard drive, HardDrive, memory, review, roundup, storage, Today's Chili

Now that the proverbial cat is out of the bag on Western Digital’s 2TB Caviar Green HDD, hardware fanatics have had a chance to take the 3.5-inch drive for a spin. While its performance leaves something to be desired — transferring files took longer than the 1TB Caviar Black or 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda — instead we’ve got low heat and noise. Of course, the biggest boon is a ginormous storage capacity for just three Benjamins, the same price as some 128GB SSDs. Solid state be damned, rotating disks aren’t going away anytime soon.

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Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green review roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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