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.
Memory + Interfaces
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.
DRAM bit demand rises
Analysts at SEMI have confirmed a favorable outlook for DRAM as bit demand rises, bolstering selling prices in 2013 and 2014. “The DRAM sector experienced a sharp decline during the 2008/2009 financial crisis and subsequently contracted, both in the number of suppliers and in installed fab production capacity,” SEMI researchers explained in a recent press release.
The evolution of LPDDR4
Ajay Jain, a director of product marketing at Rambus, recently told Semiconductor Engineering that LPDDR3 was the “workhorse” of the mobile memory market in 2014. According to Jain, LPDDR3 will retain its heavyweight status throughout most of 2015 before it is supplanted by next-gen LPDDR4.
Tezzaron licenses Rambus ReRAM
Rambus and Tezzaron Semiconductor have clinched an agreement to incorporate Rambus oxide-resistive memory (ReRAM) technology in upcoming Tezzaron devices. According to Rambus Labs VP Gary Bronner, the architecture license grants Tezzaron access to system IP, specifications and validation suites to design differentiated chips using ReRAM.
On-chip Noise Monitor accelerates time-to-market for complex SOCs
Rambus has added an On-chip Noise Monitor to its suite of tools and IP cores. According to Loren Shalinsky, a Strategic Development Director at Rambus, the Noise Monitor is designed to accurately characterize power supply noise of low- power, high-performance complex IPs and electronic systems.
