Samsung launches DDR-II gigahertz graphics DRAM

[Cown]

Major memory company Samsung said it has introduced what it claims is the world's first DDR-II based gigahertz memory, aimed at the graphics market.
The chip will go into mass production during this quarter, comes in 128Mbit densities and Samsung claims it will transfer data at 1GHz "and higher".
The chip will send 4 gigabytes of data per second and the firm believes it will be largely used in 3D graphics, games, and network applications.

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[Bender]

WOW I think that would make a nice addition to a Radeon 8500 or GF4! Ram has been the limiting factor for modern vid cards so this is very good news.

[JaY_III]

DDR-II vs Dual Channel DDR
I can wait till that comes up...
But really what is the point of Dual Chanel DDR if DDR-II is avalible

also note
JEDEC has already started work on DDR-III
And what ever happend to QDR?