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New 50nm Process Will Make DDR3 Faster and Cheaper This Year

Posted 01/20/09 at 04:08:11 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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Samsung and Elpida will be introducing new 50nm DDR DIMMs this year that will feature higher densities and speeds, while lowering latencies, power consumption and costs.

Thanks to Elpida’s new 50nm process that uses fluoride immersion lithography with copper interconnect technology; there will be a 25 percent speed boost from the very first generation of these new sticks of DDR3.

Samsung’s process is aimed specifically at making 2GB DDR3 sticks, and is presumed to become their prime creation process this year. They’re reporting a 60 percent increase in productivity over their DDR2 equivalents.

The prices of all this fancy new DDR3 is expected to drop from 100 percent down to only 10 percent by the time Lynnfield and Windows 7 launch in Q3 of this year. And according to the International Data Corporation, DDR3 sales will account for 29 percent of the total DRAM units sold in 2009. From there, it’s expected to boost to 72 percent in 2011.

 

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TAGS: samsung, hardware, consumer electronics, DDR3, Elpida
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avatarsounds good to me

Submitted by decapitor on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 9:22pm

Sounds like cheap/faster DDR3, cheap MOBOs for them, USB 3, 32nm octocore proc., cheap/amazingly fast SSDs, Windows 7 SP1, and whatever best GPU is out there might all converge for my new rig sometime in the foreseeable future.  That'll be nice. 

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avatarI'm going to upgrade from an

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 8:21pm

I'm going to upgrade from an E8400 to a Q9650 for $300dollars. Also going to upgrade to 8gigs of DDR2. I see no need to go to I7 just yet. The Penryn cpu's are still mighty powerfull and by this time two years from now something far better will be out than I7. I7 is Intel's first generation of CPU's with integrated memory controllers and I bet there are areas that need some tending to.  Besides when it comes to gaming and that's pretty much what I enjoy the CPU is not as important. I'll upgrade to the latest CPU when I'm forced to because of new Video card port requirement or something like that. 

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avatarReading about all the new

Submitted by squarebab on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 4:28pm

Reading about all the new components available (Core i7, GTX 295, etc) has lately made me ready to pull the trigger on a new gaming rig. The news of forthcoming faster, more stable  DDR3 memory may force me to be patient.

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avatarTiming is everything

Submitted by maniacm0nk3y on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 2:17pm

Nice to hear and somewhat not. I am building and am buying 6GB worth if DDR3. Can't wait forever. "For progress"

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avatarWell, there's always next

Submitted by B.A.Frayd on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 3:45pm

Well, there's always next time...

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