Well, just saw this, Intel has gotten a working DDR3 prototype chip from Infineon

Althought, it uses the regular dimm slot, it is a small improvement over DDR2, but the main difference is the chip making process, which alows for higher clock speeds at lower voltages

Ars technica

DDR3 has been around for some time on video cards, but this is the first rumblings I have heard it will be out for the desktop soon. I was hoping to see DDR-2 dies off quicker than it is, it realy is not a great improvement over DDR-1 (Kinda like the Prescott P-4 being just marginally better with it's latest revisons, I'd still rather have an old Northy!)

Smart money would be for AMD to skip DDR-2 all together and go right into DDR-3, but the roadmaps are sayin DDR-2 is next for them.

Wich kinda sucks for us, since I think the memory controller won't carry over without some tweeks when they do go DDR-3, so u will prolly need a new Motherboard and CPU (Along with new DDR3 wich prolly will be expensive at launch!) to make the upgrade when that day comes.

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro DDR3 has been around for some time on video cards

Commonly refered to as GDDR3, where by the "G" identifies it as Graphics memory to avoid confusion

Quote: Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro Smart money would be for AMD to skip DDR-2 all together and go right into DDR-3, but the roadmaps are sayin DDR-2 is next for them. Which kinda sucks for us, since I think the memory controller won't carry over without some tweeks when they do go DDR-3, so u will prolly need a new Motherboard and CPU (Along with new DDR3 wich prolly will be expensive at launch!) to make the upgrade when that day comes.

True - AMDs unwise move in this case may give them greater bandwidth, but at a cost of timings...If they were to release DDR3 support, they should at least tie it in with DDR2...IMHO it would give motherboard manufacturers a better variety of design...and while DDR3 may not be initially incorporated into the mainstream sector, the support would be there in preparation.