Every year we get inundated with updated or brand new iterations of computer hardware. Faster, better, and greener. It seems as though every time we buy a new piece of equipment it becomes obsolete the week after. Samsung, it seems, is keeping up with that trend with their press release concerning their development of DDR 4 memory modules. Sure we already have DDR 5; however that’s limited to video cards alone, unless you have figured out a way to implement them into your system memory. So what’s Samsung have up their sleeve? They have recently announced that it completed development of the industry’s first DDR4 DRAM module last month, using a 30 nanometer process technology. The new DDR4 DRAM module can achieve data transfer rates of 2.133 gigabits per second (Gbps) at 1.2V, compared to 1.35V and 1.5V DDR3 DRAM at an equivalent 30nm-class process technology, with speeds of up to 1.6Gbps. When applied to a notebook, it reduces power consumption by 40 percent compared to a 1.5V DDR3 module. “Samsung has been actively supporting the IT industry with our green memory initiative by coming up with eco-friendly, innovative memory products providing higher performance and power efficiency every year, the new DDR4 DRAM will build even greater confidence in our cutting-edge green memory, particularly when we introduce four-gigabit (Gb) DDR4-based products using next generation process technology for mainstream application, “ said Dong Soo Jun, president, memory division, of Samsung Electronics. Now if they could only make these new modules more cost beneficial to consumers. Is it just me or does anyone else feel that no matter what they buy, it seems as soon as you walk out of the store the product has become ‘last year’s model’?
Zero
