NEC Is First to Receive 288 Mb Direct Rambus DRAM Device Validation
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC Corporation (NEC) (Nasdaq: NIPNY - news; FTSE: 6701q.l) and NEC Electronics Inc. have received the first validation issued by Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS - news) for a 288 Mb (megabit) Direct Rambus© DRAM (RDRAM) device. The validation was awarded to NEC's uPD488588 288 Mb direct RDRAM product and can be viewed at rambus.com .
Validation for NEC's 288 Mb Direct RDRAM device represents an important step toward rapidly meeting increasing customer demand for high-density, high-performance Rambus memory with error correction capability (ECC) for applications in the high-performance PC workstation and PC server arenas.
NEC's 18-bit data path 288 Mb uPD488588 provides ECC and interleaved device mode (IDM) functions, and is available in Rambus inline memory modules (RIMM(TM)) that mount 4-16 devices in densities ranging from 144 MB to 576 MB.
The device utilizes a tape FBGA (uBGA) package as used with the 128 Mb RDRAM that is now in volume production. With 512K word x 18-bit x 32-bank organization, the device provides 4-bank interleave operation, enabling banks to be switched -- even during processing -- and achieving a maximum data transfer rate of 1.6 GB (gigabytes) per second at a data transfer frequency of 400 MHz. Each bank provides a page size of 2 KB.
Pricing and Availability
The validation by Rambus puts NEC on schedule to have engineering samples by the end of July and customer samples by mid August. Mass production will closely follow. Please contact your local NEC representatives for current pricing information. Pricing and availability are subject to change.
About NEC Electronics Inc.
NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is one of the leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of semiconductor products in the United States. Committed to meeting customers' cost, performance and time-to-market requirements, the company offers solutions ranging from standard products to system-on-a-chip (SOC) solutions, as well as customized products for next-generation designs. NEC Electronics also offers customers the benefits of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Roseville, CA, and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company, NEC Electron Devices, the semiconductor arm of NEC Corporation. For more information about products offered by NEC Electronics Inc., please visit the NEC Electronics Web site at necel.com .
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