To: NightOwl who wrote (7542 ) 8/8/2000 1:55:43 PM From: pat mudge Respond to of 14464 Just in case someone doesn't want to click to connect, here's the full report: Enhanced Memory Systems and Mushkin Announce Next Generation High-Speed SDRAM COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000-- New 150 MHz Modules Enable Faster PC System Performance on Gaming and High-End Graphics Applications Enhanced Memory Systems, Inc. and Mushkin Inc., subsidiaries of Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), today announced the next generation of the Enhanced high-speed SDRAM (HSDRAM) DIMM modules. The new modules operate at CAS2 latency and enable high-end gaming customers to boost the memory bus speed of the Intel 815E chipset to 150 MHz and beyond resulting in a superior gaming experience. "Our new modules accelerate the performance of current PC100 and PC133 SDRAM motherboards used in high-performance PC systems," said David Bondurant, vice president of marketing and applications for Enhanced Memory Systems. "Enhanced Memory Systems continues to offer the fastest and lowest-latency DIMM modules for over-clocked PC systems, and we're excited that Intel has embraced the superior performance of PC133 memory in their new 815E chipset." The Enhanced Memory Systems HSDRAM is a higher-performance version of the industry standard PC133 SDRAM. The new HSDRAM specifies operation at 150 MHz clock rate with 2:3:2 latency and an improved clock access time of 4.5 ns. The first memory module to be specified at 150 MHz with CAS2 latency, the Enhanced HSDRAM DIMM module can push ASUS CUSL2 motherboards using Intel's 815E chipset to memory bus speeds as high as 166 MHz with 2:3:2 latency. The new module is the most recent addition to the company's PC133 HSDRAM product family, which offers both high-speed synchronous DRAM and high-density synchronous DRAM for systems requiring the best memory available. Availability The Enhanced 150MHz HSDRAM DIMM module is available on www.PC133memory.com and www.Mushkin.com. A 150 MHz 128MB HSDRAM module is currently priced at $195.00. End users can find a demonstration of how to push the memory speed of Pentium systems using the new HSDRAM module in the "Best of the Breed" product review at www.PC133memory.com. First Online Source With the launch of its Web site, PC133memory.com, in April 1999, Enhanced was the first company to offer CAS2 133 MHz DIMM modules on the Web for end-users and resellers. The new CAS2 150 MHz DIMM modules reinforce the Enhanced leadership in providing the fastest DIMM modules available online. Enhanced is also developing low-latency DRAM technology for the next generation double data rate (DDR) and DDRII SDRAM products that will become available over the next few years.