14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that some companies are taking more of an active role than others in boosting the general performance of certain devices, and Green House has just made such a move on the netbook front.
Since their inception, netbooks have been practically synonymous with the entry-level of the mobile personal computer market.
Basically, they usually come with the bare minimum in processing, storage, graphics and memory, though they make a point of having good connectivity capabilities, wireless included.
The upside was their very small prices, compared to any other laptops at least, and this pushed the number of sales up by quite a bit, even during times of economic downturn.
Still, with technology advancing, it was expected that netbooks would also get better, and they made a special leap when Intel launched its Atom chips with support for DDR3.
Since then, a significant number of DDR3-equipped netbooks were showcased or launched, and it seems they may now be getting a higher capacity as well.
Almost all, if not every, DDR3-equipped netbook has had to make do with 1 GB of such memory, but the new module from Green House promises to make it easier to include more.
Essentially, it has a capacity of 2 GB, which is quite a feat for a SO-DIMM, while its clock frequency and latencies are of 1,333 MHz and CL9, respectively.
It is not perfectly clear when the new module will start to show up in netbooks, but makers of computers should not take overly long in putting it to good use.
Two versions are available, differentiated from each other only through their warranty plans.
One has a five-year warranty and costs $92. while the other one is backed by a lifetime warranty and is a bit more expensive, though by how much is not perfectly clear. Both work on a current of 1.5V.