Elpida Memory Inc. (Elpida), supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced the availability of 512 Megabit XDR DRAM devices in sample quantities. According to the company the new devices operate at 4.0 GHz data rate, providing data transfer rate of 8.0 Gigabytes per second (GB/s) within a single device for digital consumer electronics applications. XDR DRAM is based on the XDR memory interface architecture developed by Rambus Inc.
Yoshitaka Kinoshita, executive officer for the digital consumer division of Elpida, said, "The XDR architecture offers specific advantages for digital consumer applications, including extraordinarily high bandwidth per pin. 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."
Laura Stark, senior vice president of platform solutions at Rambus, stated, "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. 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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