Kentron Technologies heeft gisteren haar Quad Band Memory technologie aangekondigd. Dankzij een quad data rate kan QBM op een 100Mhz bus een maximale bandbreedte van maar liefst 4,2GB/s bereiken 
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March 28, 2000-Kentron Technologies, a leader
in next generation memory architectures today announced its
Quad Band Memory (QBMtm) Technology that is designed to
generate double the bandwidth of the fastest Double Data Rate
(DDR) memory chip.
While DDR will generate up to 2.1GB/sec bandwidth, and Rambus
is expected to generate 1.6GB/sec, Kentron’s QBM technology
will permit DDR to generate over 4.2GB/sec, providing significant
performance advantages to computing hardware.
The new memory architecture speeds up the performance of
processors used in Network Servers, Routers,
Telecommunications hardware as well as Internet hardware. The
QBM technology may also be applied to wireless and portable
applications.
Due to the overwhelming growth in data sent over the Internet,
computer hardware manufacturers have been looking for new
ways to create faster, more powerful solutions for worldwide
communications and E-commerce. Kentron Technologies has
focused on memory solutions to address the growing
requirements of the Internet infrastructure.
Quad Band Memory (QBM) is based on the DDR chip technology
being endorsed by the largest computer manufacturers and
memory chip manufacturers including IBM, Samsung, Micron,
Infineon, NEC, Hyundai, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi, as well as Intel
and Microsoft's new X-BOX. The semiconductor engineering
standardization body (JEDEC) has also endorsed DDR chip
technology as the next industry standard.
"While rival technologies are battling to win the war of next
generation memory, Kentron’s QBM provides twice the bandwidth
of the fastest DDR chip at the same cost curve," stated Robert
Goodman, Chief Executive Officer at Kentron Technologies.
"While DDR provides twice as much data at the same clock
speed, QBM provides four times as much data at the same clock
speed," added Goodman.
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Thanks Tomson voor det tip.
Hmm... Ze hebben ook een hele leuke 
'FEMMA' (1 Femme, 2 Femma?) technologie: [/break]
FEMMA is a state-of-the-art memory module that reconfigures the packaging of
memory chips resulting in faster, denser memory. FEMMA technology allows for the
highest "per socket" densities in the world. Larger quantities and denser
concentrations of memory enable faster communications between the computer's
processor and hard drive (data source). Computers continue to shrink while
simultaneously requiring increased memory capacity caused by increasing
processing speeds. FEMMA addresses both the speed and space constraints
caused by traditional memory hardware and offers solutions currently unavailable in
the marketplace. Until FEMMA, systems either sacrificed speed for density or density
for speed.
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