Elpida Memory has announced the availability of 512 Megabit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. The new devices operate at 4.0 GHz data rate, providing an industry-leading data transfer rate of 8.0 Gigabytes per second (GB/s) within a single device for digital consumer electronics applications such as high definition televisions (HDTV), gaming consoles and home entertainment server systems that require high bandwidth to support 3-D graphics, superb digital imaging and advanced multimedia. XDR DRAM is based on the XDR memory interface architecture developed by Rambus(R), Inc.
"The XDR architecture offers specific advantages for digital consumer applications, including extraordinarily high bandwidth per pin," said Yoshitaka Kinoshita, executive officer for the Digital Consumer Division of Elpida Memory, Inc. "Digital consumer applications represent the fastest growing segment of the market for Elpida Memory, and now that we are producing these devices on our 90 nm process, we expect to produce higher yield in response to the great demand."
"We are proud to partner with Elpida as they advance the performance of XDR DRAM, the world's fastest memory, on their state-of-the-art 90 nm process technology," said Laura Stark, senior vice president of Platform Solutions at Rambus. "With the growing performance demands of consumer electronic devices such as HDTV, Elpida's 4.0 GHz XDR DRAM offers an ideal solution."
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