Rambus Announces First DRAM to Break 1GHz Speed Barrier
133% of the Performance Available from Industry's Fastest 800MHz RDRAMs
Mountain View, CA – July 31, 2000 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq: RMBS), the leading provider of
high bandwidth chip connection technology, and its industry leading partners, today
announced support for the first DRAM capable of transferring data at speeds greater than
1GHz. Rambus' 1066MHz RDRAM® provides a 33% increase in performance using current
RDRAM technology, the highest performance DRAM to date. The 1066MHz RDRAM is a
simple bin split of the industry standard 800MHz RDRAM device currently available from
leading RDRAM manufacturers. The 1066MHz RDRAM is initially targeted for consumer,
graphics and communications applications, providing 2.1 GB/s of bandwidth from a single
device on a Rambus® Channel.
Ideal for leading-edge applications, 1066MHz RDRAMs deliver the highest performance from
the fewest number of DRAM devices. Consumer, graphics, and communications applications
such OC-192 line cards, video consoles, HDTVs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and
sealed box Information appliances, will benefit from RDRAM's increased performance,
bandwidth and scalability using one to four devices mounted directly on the motherboard.
Supporting customer production needs in 2001 are DRAM partners Samsung Semiconductor
Inc., Hyundai Electronics, Toshiba Corp., NEC Electronics Inc. and Infineon Technologies;
clock-chip partners Cypress Semiconductor Corp., Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc (ICS)., and
International Microcircuits Inc, (IMI).; and test equipment partner Advantest Corporation.
"Samsung has been first to market with leading edge RDRAMs. We are proud to continue this
tradition with the announcement of manufacturing and marketing support for the world's highest
bandwidth DRAM - the 1066MHz RDRAM," stated Dr. Ilung Kim, Ph.D., Executive Director
DRAM Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
"With the introduction the 1066MHz RDRAMs, Hyundai furthers its leadership position in
enabling the strategic programs of key communications and networking customers," said
Farhad Tabrizi, VP Strategic Marketing, Hyundai Electronics. "Hyundai remains committed to
supplying RDRAMs to meet the increasing demand from networking customers."
"We have worked with Rambus on the complete family of Direct Rambus clock generators
which support the consumer and PC markets and are now starting to experience significant
success in the communications market," said Ian Chen, marketing director for Cypress's
Timing Technology Division. "We are now sampling 533MHz DRCGs which provide full support
for 1066MHz RDRAM-based systems."
"Advantest is now shipping our 1066MHz production test cell, which includes the 64 site T5592
production tester and M6751A µBGA handler," said Gary Fleeman, Memory Product Manager
of Advantest Corporation. "Not only are we getting excellent test data and repeatability, but
this 64-site test cell is greatly reducing the cost of high volume production test for RDRAM
devices and RIMM modules."
For more information on 1066MHz RDRAMs, including data sheets and specifications, please
visit rambus.com.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus Inc. develops and licenses high bandwidth chip connection technologies to enhance
the performance of computers, consumer electronics and communications products. Current
Rambus-based computers supported by Intel chipsets include Dell, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard,
and IBM PCs and workstations. Sony's PlayStation(r)2 video game system uses Rambus
memory. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits include the world's leading DRAM,
ASIC and PC controller manufacturers. Currently, eight of the world's top-10 semiconductor
companies license Rambus technology. More information on Rambus Inc. and its high
bandwidth technologies is available at rambus.com.
Rambus and RDRAM are registered trademarks of Rambus Inc. RIMM is a trademark of
Rambus Inc.
Contact:
Kristine Wiseman
Rambus Public Relations
(650) 944-8000
kwiseman@rambus.com
Rambus Investor Relations
(650) 944-7900
ir@rambus.com |
