NEC wordt lid van QDR development team

In een press release maken Micron en NEC bekend dat ze voortaan samen zullen werken aan de ontwikkeling van QDR geheugen. Deze snellere methode van data-vervoer die sinds 1999 in de maak is zal eerst in SRAM toegepast worden, in die vorm is het uiterst geschikt voor bijvoorbeeld routers en switches. Het is echter niet ondenkbaar dat de technologie later ook in SDRAM zal worden toegepast:

``We are pleased NEC joined the QDR SRAM co-development project,'' said Joe Kirchgessner, director, Hardware Engineering, Equipe Communications Corporation. ``We've chosen QDR memories for a new high-speed design platform because it simplifies design requiring high bandwidth while dramatically reducing board area with the new 13mm X 15mm FBGA package.''

The QDR SRAM architecture incorporates extensive input from networking industry leaders. The new devices have two ports that independently run at double data rate (DDR), resulting in four data items per clock cycle. Depending on the applications, QDR SRAMs can more than double the SRAM bandwidth. Like other co-development member companies, NEC will design its devices using its own technology and fabrication facilities, and will deliver products according to its own internal schedules.

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