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DRAM market to reach $24.7 bln in 2007

Recovering demand andcontrolled bit supply will boost the worldwide DRAM market for the next twoyears, according to IDC's latest DRAM market forecast. However, the reportalso reveals that oversupply due to expanding production by 12-inch fabs willpull the market down after 2005, leading to a correction in the middle of theforecast...

Tags: DRAM Market, DRAM

Blog posts 2003-12-17

DDR-SDRAM Memory Controller

DDR is a high performance memory controller to interface with DDR-SDRAM memory devices. It is having three bus interfaces, Memory interface, Configuration bus interface and Host interface. The configuration bus facilitates to program the internal configuration registers. And the Host bus interface is used to initiate the memory data transactions....

Tags: Bus, QualCore Logic, DDR, Configuration Bu, Leadership, Management

White papers 2003-12-16

Micron puts new memory into action

The company announces that it has begun producing and shipping large numbers of next-generation DDR2 memory chips, which promise better performance for PCs and servers. Micron Technology revealed Monday that it has begun producing large numbers of DDR2 chips, a new generation of memory for computers. ...

Tags: Micron Technology Inc., PC Company, Memory, Manufacturer, Computer, Chip, DDR2, DDR, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Productivity, Chipsets, Hardware, Components, John G. Spooner

News items 2003-12-08

New Via chipset boasts more bandwidth

Via's new chipset for AMD Athlon processors uses the faster DDR memory running at 333MHz--boosting bandwidth from 2.1gbps to 2.7gbps. Via Technologies on Wednesday launched one of the fastest chipsets yet for AMD's Athlon processor--the KT333--at its DDR333 Summit in Taiwan. The KT333 derives its speed from the fact...

Tags: Bandwidth, VIA Technologies Inc., Motherboard, DDR, KT333, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Broersma

News items 2002-02-20

Intel laptops get a memory boost

Via Technologies released the first chipset allowing the Pentium mobile chips to use DDR DRAM. Is this another nail in the coffin for RDRAM? 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...

Tags: Rambus Inc., DRAM, RDRAM, VIA Technologies Inc., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, DDR, Memory, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Broersma

News items 2002-01-23

Intel chipset wakens new memory

New desktops arrive featuring Intel's new Pentium 4 chipset, which works with DDR memory--a first for the chipmaker. It means a black eye for Rambus, but a break for PC makers. Intel provided PC buyers with some new options on Monday, as double...

Tags: Desktop, SDRAM, Rambus Inc., PC, RDRAM, DDR SDRAM, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Corp., DDR, Geforce2 MX, Memory, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John G. Spooner

News items 2001-12-18

New P4 chipset sneaks into market

PC makers begin quietly selling machines based on a combination of double data rate memory and Intel's new high-performance versions of the Pentium 4. Intel provided PC buyers with some new options on Monday, as double data rate memory quietly made its debut...

Tags: Desktop, SDRAM, Rambus Inc., PC, RDRAM, DDR SDRAM, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Corp., DDR, Geforce2 MX, Memory, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John G. Spooner, Technology News

News items 2001-12-18

Readers livid, Rambus vulnerable

Why did Intel risk the fate of its Pentium 4 by failing to offer lower cost DDR components for P4 systems? Was this some kind of conspiracy? David has a theory. Many TechUpdate readers responded to my recent treatise regarding the tax that Intel is subjecting its...

Tags: Rambus Inc., Intel Corp., DDR, P4, David, Flash Memory, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, David Berlind

News items 2001-09-17

Via chipset rattles the Pentium market

Via says it is beginning to ship its cheaper unlicensed chipset for use in the Pentium 4 processor that will use DDR memory--ahead of Intel's offering. Via Technologies is again shaking up the computing landscape, this time with a new chipset for Intel's Pentium 4 processor. ...

Tags: Memory, Intel Pentium, VIA Technologies Inc., Intel Pentium 4, Intel Corp., DDR, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, John G. Spooner

News items 2001-08-15

Motherboard makers to phase out Rambus

Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers are anticipating a quick production ramp of new products for Intel's Pentium 4 PC chip --which could mean more bad news for Rambus. Manufacturers still expect cheaper memory to relegate Rambus-based chipsets for Pentium 4 to a niche by the end of the year ...

Tags: Rambus Inc., Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium 4, Motherboard, Intel Corp., DDR, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Broersma

News items 2001-07-27

Next-gen memory debate rages

The semiconductor industry-supported open standard DDR SDRAM will be getting a strong challenge from Intel-backed RDRAM over the next couple of years. The Computex computer show in Taiwan last week became a battleground between two competing formats for next-generation memory, one supported by semiconductor giant Intel, the other a...

Tags: SDRAM, RDRAM, DDR, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Broersma, Technology News

News items 2001-06-11

Desktops: Kiss Pentium IIIs goodbye

Desktops: Kiss Pentium IIIs goodbye Make way for Pentium 4? Intel says the PIII, its best-selling chip, will continue to appear in notebooks and low-end servers, but be effectively phased out of desktop systems by year's end. The Pentium III will fade out...

Tags: Desktop, Rambus Inc., Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium III, Intel Pentium 4, Computer, Intel Corp., Chip, DDR, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Michael Kanellos, Technology News

News items 2001-03-01

Intel pledges its undying devotion to Rambus

At its developer forum, the chip giant says it will stick with its strategy of pairing Rambus DRAM with the Pentium 4 processor--higher costs notwithstanding. Intel will continue its love affair with Rambus memory, indefinitely. In a panel...

Tags: SDRAM, Rambus Inc., PC, RDRAM, DDR SDRAM, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Corp., DDR, Memory, Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 2001-02-28

Compaq takes plunge with newer, faster DDR memory

The Presario 7000z will come equipped with DDR DRAM memory which is touted to process twice the amount of data in the same amount of time as SDRAM. Compaq Computer on Wednesday introduced its first desktop computer using double data rate DDR...

Tags: SDRAM, DRAM, Performance, DDR DRAM, Computer, Compaq Computer Corp., DDR, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Ian Fried, Technology News

News items 2001-02-22

The Hard Edge

Telling lies; crucial memory; mega color printing; and the latest in vanity web sites Election year always gets Alice worked up, and not in a political way. For years she's been writing about the appalling low-tech state of voting in the United States. She was one of the first...

Tags: SDRAM, Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Call-center, DDR SDRAM, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cable, Point, Alice, Trustech, iVocal, DDR, Phaser, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals, Alice Hill, Technology News

News items 2000-10-17

PC memory: The next great battle?

PC memory technology is outdated. Now two rival technologies are vying to make your computer faster. Which will win? The computer industry is famous for its battles -- Macintosh vs. PC, Intel vs. AMD, Windows vs. Linux. Now get ready for the next great fight: PC memory. ...

Tags: SDRAM, Rambus Inc., PC, Memory, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Computer Industry, PC Memory Technology, DDR, Vt. DDR, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 2000-03-23

Additional Resources

Gateway NV7802u

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.Gateway continues to offer some of the best bang-for-your-buck retail laptops. The NV7802u is a fine example: It's a 17-inch wide-screen model with a...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., Intel Corp., laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Can you upgrade an old XP PC to Windows 7? Should you?

You answered the first questionYou can make the upgrade, with significant headaches.You left the second question completely unanswered.If you take the Microsoft guidelines seriously(which I never do, because they seem to be written by someone who is into flagellation) many Windows XP machines should be able to be upgraded successfully...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, old XP PC, XP PC, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

FmPro Script Diff 1.38 (Windows)

FmPro Script Diff compares, edits, searches, and stores FileMaker ScriptMaker scripts. Changed scripts are compared on a line-by-line basis and displayed with color coded tags to the left of each modified line. Interline changes are also highlighted to indicate Changed, Added or Deleted text. Each script's XML source can be...

Tags: Script, Microsoft Windows, Filemaker Inc., FmPro Script Diff, Interline Change, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-08-25

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XPWhy are results for XP missing from multimedia tests?are we just supposed to take it on your word? Well, here at zdnet, no one does benchmarks like Mr. Adrian. I wonder why did he not repeat a usability benchmark for RTM like he did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 RTM, Vista XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-03