Writing for PC Magazine, Michael J. Miller notes that although most of the discussion around Moore’s Law has thus far focused on logic chips, the
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GeIL’s Super Luce is DDR4 eye candy
GeIL has announced its slick DDR4 Super Luce lineup. Boasting colors of white, red or blue, the kits are expected to range from DDR4-2666 MHz to DDR4-3400 MHz and up to 64GB capacity. “The principle behind these kits is that the top of the module can beat at five different rates, based on the temperature of a thermal sensor on the module,” writes Ian Cutress of AnandTech.
Mobile DRAM industry valued at over $3.6 billion
DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, recently confirmed worldwide mobile DRAM revenue of US$3.607 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 – representing 27.8% of DRAM industry value and a 4.2% quarterly increase. In addition, mobile DRAM made up nearly 40% of all DRAM shipments.
R+ DDR4/3 PHY developed on Samsung’s 28nm LPP process
Rambus has officially confirmed that its R+™ DDR4/3 PHY was developed using Samsung’s 28nm LPP process. “Our ongoing collaboration with Samsung has yielded a robust, production-ready R+ DDR4/3 PHY on the power-performance optimized 28nm Low Power Plus (LPP) process,” Loren Shalinsky, a Strategic Development Director at Rambus, explained.
Video: Overclocked HyperX DDR4 hits 4351MHz
The HyperX division of Kingston Technology has confirmed that its Predator DDR4 memory was recently overclocked at a screaming 4351MHz. The impressive overclock mark – set by “Toppc” of MSI – was achieved using a single 4GB HyperX Predator 3333MHz DDR4 module on MSI’s new X99S XPOWER AC motherboard.
DDR4 deployment averts “thermal nightmare”
Writing for DataCenter Dynamics, Scott Fulton notes that recent benchmark results indicate DDR4 is at least partially, and perhaps wholly, responsible for performance gains in low-end and mid-tier servers. In addition, DDR4 may, at best, mitigate performance drop-offs in the high-end.