Web News: Rambus promises fivefold speeding of graphics memory

Lokie · 08-July-05, 09:13 AM

Memory developer Rambus has announced a new version of its XDR memory interface that, it says, will improve graphics memory speeds by up to five times.

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	Rambus says that the newly announced XDR2 memory interface uses a micro-threaded DRAM core and other circuit enhancements to set the bar for data rates at a hefty 8GHz. Rambus says that makes it five times faster than today's best-in-class GDDR graphics solutions. By comparison, the current XDR1 specification, slated to appear in Sony's next generation PlayStation 3, runs at 4.8GHz. The XDR2 interface is aimed squarely at the generation after next graphics market. As the demand for hyper-realistic graphics in games intensifies, more and more data in the form of polygons is processed through the graphics subsystem

Dex · 08-July-05, 09:52 AM

I get asked to register when i click that link, thus can't read the story

nev_payne · 10-July-05, 05:05 AM

"XDR2 will improve performance 5 fold"

Some querky news reporter should have asked:

"Just like RDRAM did?"

THRASHER2 · 10-July-05, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dex


	I get asked to register when i click that link, thus can't read the story

Hummmmm works here...

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/74813/ra...cs-memory.html

Dex · 10-July-05, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by THRASHER2


	Hummmmm works here... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/74813/ra...cs-memory.html

Cheers for the working link T2

konai_konai666 · 10-July-05, 01:24 PM

Sweetness... As far as the static consoles go.. Must. Not. Fall for Xbox360 when it arrives. For PS3 will whoop the crap outta most of it's offerings, (demonstrating unparalelled phyicics processing, which is what the next gen games'll really be pushing) save perhaps, the simplicity of using XB live.

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Dex Retr-hoe Reviewer	I get asked to register when i click that link, thus can't read the story

10-July-05, 05:05 AM		#3 (permalink)
nev_payne Apex Tech God	"XDR2 will improve performance 5 fold" Some querky news reporter should have asked: "Just like RDRAM did?"

10-July-05, 01:24 PM		#6 (permalink)
konai_konai666 DuckWarrior's Personal Quack-Hoe	Sweetness... As far as the static consoles go.. Must. Not. Fall for Xbox360 when it arrives. For PS3 will whoop the crap outta most of it's offerings, (demonstrating unparalelled phyicics processing, which is what the next gen games'll really be pushing) save perhaps, the simplicity of using XB live.