14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week I was telling you how DDR2 should evolve as a high-end memory. This is somewhat unusual especially because I'm talking about a type of memory which was not designed to be used in servers so the "high-end" idea is somewhat overrated. But "high-end" doesn't always translate into server use f. DDR2 memory could evolve as a high-end product mainly because it has an enormous capacity to scale its speed. If you take into account that the initial DDR2 sticks were running at 400MHz DDR and now you can already purchase 1200MHz DDR modules you will understand why I say that.
Following Corsair's PC2-8888 Dominator, OCZ's liquid cooled PC2-9200 FlexXLC and finally Kingston's PC2-9600 HyperX, Patriot said it would show PC2-10100 devices with a clock speed of 1302 MHz at the Consumer Electronics Show which will start in January the 8th. Patriot claims that the memory will "take full advantage of the new Nvidia Nforce 680i [platform] and the new Intel quad-core processors". I guess that the DDR2 frenzy has gone beyond anyone's expectation and the 1300MHz speed proves just that.
Alongside its new memory, Patriot will also introduce at CES a new version (the 2nd) of The Xporter XT which is said to be the fastest flash memory in the world. Available in capacities ranging from 1 GB to 16 GB the modules are rated at a data read index of 266x, translating to a speed of 39 MB/s. Pretty impressive but I'd like to see the DDR2 sticks at work first. So it's safe to say that CES 2007 will act as a trend-starter. I can't help but wonder how much can the DDR2 standard take?