DDR-3 Memory

[Zenoth]

SDR lasted quite long, DDR lasted long as well I believe.

Now DDR-2 seems to be "the thing of the moment" for system memory. By that I don't mean DDR Memory used for GPU's, that's a different story ... or so it seems. Why aren't we seeing DDR-3 Memory sticks to put in our Mobos ? Is the technology even ready for Motherboards ? Are Mobo makers planning to eventually switch to DDR-3 from DDR-2 ? I remember when DDR was the thing to stay with, and DDR-2 the thing to avoid at all costs. But today if you still run DDR you now have an "old" system. Things are changing so fast indeed.

Will 2007 maintain DDR-2 technology ? Is DDR-2 supposed to "get faster" than it currently is ? Will we ever see 2-2-2-5 factory settings DDR-2 getting shipped ? Are those speeds even possible at 800 Mhz and more ?

So many quesyions.

But basically I am asking if DDR-3 will come out this year or not.

 

[aka1nas]

I think the first DDR3 platforms are out either Q4 this year or early next year.

Originally posted by: Zenoth

Will 2007 maintain DDR-2 technology ? Is DDR-2 supposed to "get faster" than it currently is ? Will we ever see 2-2-2-5 factory settings DDR-2 getting shipped ? Are those speeds even possible at 800 Mhz and more ?
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IIRC, the way DDR2 is engineered it would not be possible to get it down to CAS2. Keep in mind that CAS rating by itself is a pretty meaningless number. It only describes how many clock cycles it takes to complete part of a memory operation. It's somewhat irrelevent if that same step takes twice as many clock cycles to complete if you are simultaneously doubling the clockspeed of the memory and thus making those clock cycles take half as much time.