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X-bit labs CeBIT 2005 Coverage: Day 1 (page 8)

Category: Editorial

by Anton Shilov

[ 03/11/2005 | 01:38 PM ]

Corsair Memory: Customers Bid on Low Latency DDR SDRAM, But DDR2 Shipments Account for 20%

Corsair Memory, a leading producer or high-end memory modules, is currently very excited about its XPERT series of DDR SDRAM products and within the next couple of month DDR2 version of the product with exciting light LEDs are projected to come to the market. At the show the company showcases a system with XPERT memory which LEDs display “Welcome to CeBIT”, “Welcome to Rock” phrases in addition to typical technical information.

Even though Corsair produces a lot of high-speed DDR memory modules and dual-channel optimized kits with speeds of up to 550MHz even with relatively low latencies, the vast majority of its customers still prefer typical PC3200 products, but, when it comes to enthusiasts, with extremely low latencies like CL2 3-3-6 and CL2 2-2-5, which are the best-selling products at Corsair. The best-selling DDR2 product, after the Value Select DDR2 series, at the company is enthusiast-oriented DDR2 675MHz with CL4 4-4-12 timings.

The split ratio between DDR and DDR2 SDRAM shipments at Corsair Memory is 80/20, which is rather high for DDR2.

Within the next 30 days Corsair aims to unveil its low-latency DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz memory modules with CL3 2-2 settings. According to the company’s Joe James, director of marketing, these modules are capable of running at 800MHz with NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition reference mainboard, which is a respectable achievement.