http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/1667 used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/the_evolution_gddr_memory <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u17625/gddr_teaser.jpg" width="415" height="234" /></div><p>We invariably refer to the video memory in modern videocards as GDDR, differentiating it only by version (GDDR2, GDDR3, GDDR4, and now GDDR5), but the technology’s full acronym is actually GDDR SDRAM, which stands for Graphics Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.</p><p>“Double data rate” describes the memory’s capacity for double-pumping data: Transfers occur on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal. This endows memory clocked at 800MHz with an effective data-transfer rate of 1.6GHz. “Synchronous” refers to the memory’s ability to operate in time with the computer’s system bus. This allows the memory to accept a new instruction without having to wait for a previous instruction to be processed, a practice known as instruction pipelining. </p><p>Think you know everything about GDDR? Read on. </p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/the_evolution_gddr_memory">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/the_evolution_gddr_memory#comments From the Magazine Features October 2008 features gddr memory hardware in the lab michael brown r&amp;d white paper White Paper 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:11:36 -0500 Michael Brown 3522 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_will_smith_gets_burned_by_the_apple_tv <!--paging_filter--><p> As part of my testing for this month’s cover feature, I spent a few<br /> quality days watching movies from the iTunes Store on my PC and in my<br /> living room. By necessity, I had to integrate a newly updated Apple TV<br /> into my entertainment center, which is a fairly common closed cabinet<br /> with a few air vents in the back. All of my other electronics<br /> devices—my receiver, my TiVo, my Xbox 360—live happily in this<br /> environment (although I do open the cabinet door when I fire up the<br /> 360). </p> <p> Click Read More for more.  </p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_will_smith_gets_burned_by_the_apple_tv">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_will_smith_gets_burned_by_the_apple_tv#comments May 2008 From the Magazine Features apple tv consumer electronics features in the lab media center In the Lab 2008 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:38:06 -0500 Will Smith 2119 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_doesnt_like_microsoft_mucking_with_standards <!--paging_filter--><p>Guess who's to blame for your media streaming woes? (Hint: Microsoft)</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_doesnt_like_microsoft_mucking_with_standards">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_doesnt_like_microsoft_mucking_with_standards#comments April 2008 From the Magazine Features Dave in the lab media streaming microsoft upnp Xbox 360 In the Lab 2008 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:33:27 -0500 David Murphy 2030 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_re_examines_realtek_audo <!--paging_filter--><p>RealTek's cheating drivers might finally be fixed, maybe.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_re_examines_realtek_audo">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_re_examines_realtek_audo#comments April 2008 From the Magazine Features eax Gordon in the lab realtek surround sound In the Lab 2008 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:32:24 -0500 Gordon Mah Ung 2029 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_wants_to_kill_atx <!--paging_filter--><p>Why do we stick with a legacy formfactor and kill the forward-thinking ones?</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_wants_to_kill_atx">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_wants_to_kill_atx#comments March 2008 From the Magazine Features atx Gordon in the lab lab In the Lab 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:44:01 -0600 Gordon Mah Ung 1941 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_thinks_esa_is_long_overdue <p>More knobs and gauges are a good thing.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_thinks_esa_is_long_overdue">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_gordon_mah_ung_thinks_esa_is_long_overdue#comments February 2008 From the Magazine enthusiast system architecture esa in the lab nvidia In the Lab 2008 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:42:36 -0600 Gordon Mah Ung 1804 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_nathan_edwards_flies_the_friendly_skies <p>And pits Hypersonic's triple display against the reigning single-panel champ.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_nathan_edwards_flies_the_friendly_skies">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_nathan_edwards_flies_the_friendly_skies#comments February 2008 From the Magazine hypersonic in the lab matrox saitek triplehead2go In the Lab 2008 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:42:17 -0600 Nathan Edwards 1806 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_explains_case_reviews <!--paging_filter--><p>The ins and outs of determining a chassis' verdict at Maximum PC</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_explains_case_reviews">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/in_the_lab_david_murphy_explains_case_reviews#comments Features case reviews david murphy in the lab Holiday 2007 In the Lab Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:10:03 -0600 David Murphy 1892 at http://www.maximumpc.com