14 DAY TRIAL // We have reported on how Intel expects DDR4 to start replacing DDR3 in 2014 and, now, it seems that not everyone is happy about that time frame.
It is a known fact that DRAM makers are not having the time of their lives right now.
With Elpida bankrupt and everyone else losing money constantly, memory makers need a saving grace of some sort.
It is for this reason that Samsung wants DDR4 out sooner than 2014. DDR3 are just not profitable anymore because of their very low prices.
In fact, Samsung already has a DDR4 UDIMM. The product was revealed back in January 2011 really.
Going from DDR2 to DDR3 took three years. Samsung, and Hynix, hope for the transition from DDR3 to DDR4 to be completed faster.
For our part, we feel that existing memory easily breezes through any games, so consumers probably won't die if they don't get DDR4 kits next year.