14 DAY TRIAL // G.Skill is one of those companies that deals in semiconductor products, and it looks like its newest one, of the DRAM variety, has been delivered, or at least revealed, since its price wasn't actually mentioned.
As semiconductors move on to more advanced manufacturing processes, one can be sure that newer and better NAND Flash and DRAM products will be coming out.
Granted, new hardware parts of this variety have always been a common occurrence, but it looks like more powerful ones are becoming common.
On the flip side, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan may eventually lead to lower chip inventories, as well as some increases in RAM prices, which are priced abysmally low compared to last year.
In fact, the fact that memory prices may rise could be one of the factors G.Skill had in mind when it delivered the newest RipjawsX kit.
Since prices are going to progressively go up, it stands to reason that companies would like to have as many fresh kits and modules up for sale as possible.
Of course, considering that the newcomer is an enthusiast-grade device, the price will be huge anyway, compared to regular solutions at least.
More specifically, the new RipjawsX DDR3 kit has a capacity of 8 GB and works at a frequency of 2,300 MHz (latency is CL9).
"The 2300MHz RipjawsX 8GB gives you extreme speed and you can also enjoy the big capacity simultaneously. It not only delivers record breaking overclocking performance, but also broaden your choices for building up an extreme performance workstation and a gaming machine" said Michael Chao, senior R&D manager at G.Skill.
The kit should show its full power on P67 and Z68 motherboards and will probably be bundled with a fan.
Speaking of Z68 motherboards, one model, from Gigabyte, was actually launched in Taiwan, even though Intel itself has yet to formally release the platform.