Samsung is mass-producing what it claims is the industry's first 2Gbit Green DDR3 memory, using 30nm technology. It is intended to deliver high performance, low power consumption in PC and server applications designed to capitalise on multi-core processors. The memory modules can operate at up to 1.866Gbit/s at 1.35V, while PC modules can run at up to 2.133Gbit/s at 1.5V, which is 3.5 times faster than DDR2 and 1.6 times faster than 50nm DDR3, says the company. The increase in data traffic is accredited to the smartphone market. The DDR3 chip will provide performance and power levels to accommodate the new generation of servers optimised for cloud computing and virtualisation. Power savings for most new server applications using the memory will be about 20% greater than applications that use 50nm-class DDR3. When combined with new multi-core PC platforms that feature a 30% increase in performance and over 10% decrease in power consumption from the last generation of CPUs, the 4Gbyte DDR3 for PCs can operate 60% faster than two 50nm-class 2Gbyte DDR3 solutions, using 65% less power. Electronica: Hall A3: stand 331
