insane kwam aanwandelen met dit artikel van EBN Online. Intel blijkt geen trek te hebben in een tweede Rampbus fiasco en heeft met vijf belangrijke DRAM fabrikanten een alliantie bijeen geveegd, die moet leiden tot het de totstandkoming van een next-generation DRAM architectuur. Ergens in 2002-2003 zal deze standaard de huidige DDR SDRAM technologie opvolgen:
The partners include Hyundai MicroElectronics, Infineon Technologies, Micron Technology, the new NEC-Hitachi Memory combine, and Samsung Electronics, which together comprise more than 80% of the global DRAM market.Sources said Intel wants early participation from memory makers to help define the DRAM architecture that will succeed DDR-2, an interface that is expected to replace DDR SDRAM sometime in 2002 or 2003. The follow-on technology, which Intel is referring to as Next-Generation DRAM, is slated to enter the market in 2004 or 2005, sources said.
[...] Sources within the DRAM industry said that Intel in early discussions was still looking to use a packet-data DRAM architecture for the next-generation chip. Direct Rambus uses such a design, which Intel likes because it enables packages to use fewer pins. PC133 and DDR SDRAM, by contrast, use a parallel-data bus. At such an early stage, however, source said Intel has not ruled out any technology.
