14 DAY TRIAL // Looks like a certain company known as Exceleram has gotten around to finishing the development of its newest modules from the Black&White series, named thus because of the color combination of the PCB and the heatspreaders.
Things on the random access memory (RAM) market appear to be going through what one might call an ambivalent phase.
On the one hand, the performance achievable by modules and kits, not to mention the capacity, has reached such heights that 4 GB of DDR3 is now the mainstream norm on desktops and laptops.
On the other hand is the fact that demand for such memory is so weak, and has been over the past several quarters, that even with amazingly low prices users still don't buy them as much as their makers would like.
For those that want something more concrete, it was recently found that DRAM chip prices reached the lowest limit that their makers accept, more or less.
This, naturally, does not spell great things ahead for IT companies, but customers will definitely not have much cause to complain about the price of the new offer from Exceleram.
True, the latest Black&White series kit hasn't been given prices, but it will definitely be quite a bit more affordable than it would be if high inventories weren't making suppliers' lives difficult.
The kit is of the dual-channel variety and operates at a frequency of 1,600 MHz (the capacity is of 8 GB, as the kit is composed of two 4 GB modules).
The operating voltage is 1.5V, not exactly low voltage but not the specification of high-speed, gaming or enthusiast memory either. Furthermore, Exceleram gave the newcomer timings of 9-9-9-24T.
The name of the series comes from the fact that, while the RAM modules themselves are designed with black PCBs (printed circuit boards), the heatspreaders are white. Buyers will benefit from a warranty of 10 years.