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DDR2 - what's all the fuss about?

edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
With so much emphasis placed on processors, memory chips often get overlooked as an integral component of system performance. DRAM (dynamic RAM) vendors will start the transition to a new memory architecture this year that will allow chips to run faster in gaming and multimedia PCs. [link=http://www.pcworld.com]PCWorld[/link] takes a look at the new technology.

[blockquote]DDR2 memory improves the signal quality of data transmissions traveling within a PC, says Dean McCarron, principal analyst with Mercury Research in Cave Creek, Arizona. Memory chips based on the older architecture could not run much faster than the current speeds without suffering a marked decline in signal quality, he says.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115031,00.asp]Read more[/link]
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