Lexar enters the DDR3 market

Sep 18, 2007 15:34 GMT  ·  By

Lexar Media announced the launch of a new high performance DDR3 memory module under the commercial designation of Crucial Ballistix which is aimed at computer systems based on the latest Intel chipsets. DDR3 memory modules take the performance bar to a new level as their design allows for greater speeds, reduced power consumption and increased densities.

Crucial Ballistix DDR3 memory modules from Lexar Media, a division of the memory manufacturer company Micron Technology, come with a newly-designed heat dissipation system that uses a clip-less design in order to provide a cleaner look while maintaining an optimal heat dissipation rate that is crucial to an error free computing experience. ''The Crucial Ballistix memory line has come a long way since our initial offering of 400 MHz DDR memory,'' said Mark Adams, VP of Digital Media. ''With the launch of 1600 MHz DDR3 memory, we have quadrupled the speed of Ballistix memory.''

As the entire Crucial Ballistix product line is specially designed and built for high performance gaming systems, the products come with high clock frequencies of 1600MHz and an overclocked version of that product line even reached the impressive speed of 2GHz on the latest Intel desktop computing platform.

The new memory modules announced by the Lexar Media manufacturing company are now available in 2GB DDR3 PC3-12800 SDRAM, or DDR3-1600, kits that are especially tested and paired for optimal performance in dual channel configurations as well as single memory modules with a capacity of 1GB. Featuring low latency timings of only 8-8-8-20, these modules are using the now standard 1.8Vfor the 1600MHz clock speed and thanks to their innovative cooling system, they are well suited for overclocking and high workloads.

All new Crucial Ballistix products from Lexar Media are based on high quality memory chips manufactured by Micron Technologies which are very appreciated by third-party memory manufacturing companies and they all sport the Micron logo on their external casing.