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MacUser UK: ATi to ramp memory speed
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
October 9th 2002
The No. 2 graphics chip maker says Radeon cards will support 800MHz memory next year
MacUser UK (free registration required) reports that ATI will boost the memory
performance of its Radeon product line next year. This buzz-building announcement
comes as the specification for the third generation DDR graphics RAM, aka GDDR3, has
been completed by ATI in collaboration with Infineon, Elpida and Hynix Semiconductor.
Terry Lee, executive director, advanced technology and strategic marketing, Micron
computing and consumer group, told MacUser UK, "We believe the significant performance
advantages will rapidly drive its adoption in the graphics arena. We expect it will
then migrate into a broad range of applications."
GDDR3 will initially provide memory clocks of 500MHz, with headroom for up to 800MHz.
Currently graphic memory for tops out at 400Mhz.
Products featuring the faster memory are expected in the middle of next year.
Editor's note: Between companies "pre-announcing" technologies that in effect don't
exist and scat-sniffing rumor mongers -- not that I'm accusing myself -- is there any
suspense left? And, would you want it any other way?
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