A number of new servers powered by Intel’s recently launched 18-core Xeon E5-2600 v3 (Grantley) chip were announced at IDF 2014. AsIDG’s Agam Shah notes, the servers, debuted by Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and IBM, are the very first to pack DDR4 memory.
Memory PHYs
PHY interoperability highlights industry collaboration
Northwest Logic – a provider of high quality IP cores – is a member of Rambus’ rapidly expanding Partner Program. Recently, the two companies successfully validated interoperability of the Rambus R+™ DDR4/3 PHY with Northwest’s DDR4/3 SDRAM Controller Core.
DRAM DNA: From consoles to smartphones
One can’t help but stare nostalgically at the three game consoles prominently displayed at the entrance of Rambus HQ in Sunnyvale, California. Packed with various flavors of Rambus memory, the Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation® 2 (PS2) and Playstation® 3 (PS3) were responsible for defining a new generation of consoles and significantly raising the performance bar for future gaming systems.