23.05.2007 10:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Towards DDR3 Release: Intel Introduces new Chipsets

While Intel introduced yesterday its first DDR3-compatible chipset, memory modules manufacturers start releasing and validating their first dedicated products. One could be surprise to see such quick transition from DDR2 to DDR3 while, DDR was used for such a long time in our computers. The reason might be linked to Vista. Prior the release of the last version of Microsoft OS, analysts, websites as well as MS CEO were warning user concerning hardware specifications to run Vista, especially concerning the large amount of RAM required. As a consequence, RAM manufacturers prepared a large amount of DDR2 modules to get prepared for vista launch. However, adoption of Vista is not as fast as originally though, and OEM had stocks of modules. Couple of month later, the DDR2 memory has never been so cheap on the market, and RAM manufacturers wants to move on to the new format DDR3 in order to increase their margins and financial return on a new product (new, so rare, and so expensive). Let's look at the D

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