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News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: 512Mbit XDR DRAM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 April 2005
Speedy DRAMs target broadband networking
A new high-performance DRAM claims the fastest data transfer rate yet attained by any memory device.
Toshiba Corp has developed a high-performance DRAM it claims achieves the fastest data transfer rate yet attained by any memory device The 512Mbit XDR has a peak operating speed of 6.4GHz and is designed for high-performance broadband applications, including digital consumer electronics, network systems and graphic systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The XDR DRAM is based on Rambus's XDR memory interface technology and offers an octal datarate (ODR), supporting transfers of eight bits of data in a single clock cycle.
The 512Mbit XDR DRAM transfers data at 4.8GHz with a 1.8V VDD and supports peak operation of 6.4GHz, the fastest data transfer rate yet achieved: four times faster than the 1.6GHz performance of graphic double datarate (GDDR) memory chips and 12 times faster than best-in-class 533MHz PC memories.
Next-generation broadband applications require real-time processing of huge volumes of data, which can only be achieved with the support of large-capacity ultra-high-speed memory chips.
Toshiba meets these needs with its XDR DRAM.
The company will continue to develop and commercialise XDR DRAM as a key memory device along with NAND Flash memory and MCP.
"Toshiba has been playing a leadership role in realising XDR DRAM technology", said Shozo Saito, Technology Executive of Semiconductor Company at Toshiba Corp.
"We were first in the world to sample first generation XDR DRAM in December 2003".
"We will be ready to mass produce our second generation 512Mbit XDR DRAMs in the second half of 2005 to secure our leading position in this business area".
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