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AMD not moving to DDR2 in 2004

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edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
It has been reported that AMD will not adopt DDR2 in 2004, and certainly not well into 2005.

[blockquote]AMD's DDR2 philosophy revolves around "performance, price and availability"; that is, AMD will not implement DDR2 until all three of those criteria are suitable for entry. Our sources claim this is the same strategy AMD approached to memory when it chose DDR memory over Rambus several years ago.
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[link=http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=2006]Read more[/link] - Submitted by mmonnin

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  • KingFishKingFish
    edited March 2004
    I applaud for AMD for what it appears as looking out for the little guy. Another reason I'm loyal to the brand.

    KingFish
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited March 2004
    Yeah no reason to switch now. Besides with A64 that might not even be nessecary at all.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    NO the new 64 bit CPUs will eventually go to DDR2. They can reach higher speeds and run at lower voltages. Plus you can have 4GB a stick. The time is just not right for AMD tho.

    The transfer will be much easier for AMD tho. There is no new chipset needed for this unlike Intel.
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited March 2004
    ok my bad. 4 gig per stick. Wow! What could possible need it.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    Its just the next step in computing.

    Amd is waitin because:
    1.) Cost: like DDR2 is twice DDR1.
    2.) Timings are crappy, AMD CPUs like tight timings more than Intel CPUs do. DDR2: 4-4-4; DDR1: 2-2-2
    3.) DDR2 sticks are not readily available right now or even a few months into the future.
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