Hi all; I missed some DDR press releases from SimmTester May 17. I was laughing too hard due to the memory industry's telling Intel to go pound sand at the time, so I must have overlooked them. Better late than never, here they are:
CST announce Industry's first memory tester for testing DDR Memories May 17, 2000
The Apollo-DDR Memory tester will be available for volume production by Fall 2000 and price starts from $9995.
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CST to release IBM designed, Jedec PC200/PC266 DDR DIMM Clock Reference Board for the Memory Module Industry
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New SPD Programmer Dedicated for DDR DIMM Modules
The Ez -DDR SPD Programmer is available NOW for only $795.00. Delivery is from stock.
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Automatic DDR DIMM & DDR-SODIMM Handler System
Used with CST's Apollo Memory Tester, Eureka or Sp3000 tester, the RoboFlex Automatic handler will support testing both the 184pin DDR-DIMM and 200pin DDR-SODIMM using optional handler fixture.
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The RoboFlex Automatic Handler is available now and it starts from : $8995.
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PC Memory Diagnostic Supports DDR Memory Testing
PM-CST Inc, simmtester.com has released a new version 1.44 ? of the innovative, user friendly PC Memory Diagnostic software tool which now supports testing DDR memories for the PC enthusiasts and IT Professionals.
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Download the software and the installation program automatically create a self-booting diagnostic diskette. Simply insert this diskette into the floppy and reboot your PC to begin testing your system memory.
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CST to offer Free Memory Consultation Online
...web-visitor can now post any memory question to ?DocMemory? for a personalized answer by e-mail from DocMemory at no charge at all.
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CST to transform into ?Online Memory Solution Company? Nov 15, 1999
?We have been providing knowledge and information on memories for the last 16 years as a service to the PC industry.? said Cecil Ho, president. ?We are just making it available to a much broader client base through the Internet?.
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Lest anyone send a question to DocMemory about RDRAM vs DDR, I submit the following, which I already posted on this thread:
Conclusion March 22, 2000
Judging from the technical and price position of memories, I would conclude that RDRAM would be 5-6% of the total DRAM market this year. DDR memory will occupy 20% of the market in 4th quarter 2,000. That will mean 6% of the DRAM market for the year. The rest of the DRAM market will be filled by the familiar PC100 and PC133 SDRAM memories.
In the year of 2001, the picture would be quite different. DDR will come into price parity with PC133 SDRAM. At that point, I am predicting a 40% DDR occupation in Q3, 2001. That will put the annual percentage to 25%. At that time RDRAM will still only maintain a 5-6% position. by DocMemory
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His numbers are still looking about right to me, if the percentages are in terms of bits or units, rather than dollars. I don't see how DDR could hit as high as 20% in 4Q00, but a lot of DDR is getting put into graphics cards right now.
-- Carl |
