Corsair Announces Availability of 512 Megabyte XMS3000 and XMS3200 DDR DIMMs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2002 Corsair Memory Corsair Memory is a company which produces computer memory, primarily for the computer enthusiast crowd, although they also produce a value line called "Value Select." Its memory has a reputation in the enthusiast community as high quality, both in terms of performance and , Inc., an industry leader in ultra-performance DDR DRAM See DDR. modules for gaming and overclocking applications, has announced that it is now offering two new 512 megabyte modules tailored specifically for overclocking applications. The first part, Corsair corsair: see Barbary States; piracy. part number CMX CMX Corel Presentation Exchange (file extension) CMX Cisco Mobile Exchange CMX Cloaca Maxima (sewage system of ancient Rome; Finnish rock band) CMX Crisis Management Exercise 512-3200, is guaranteed to operate at 400 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . The second part, part number CMX512-3000C2, is guaranteed to operate at 370 MHz, but with a column access strobe strobe n. 1. A strobe light. 2. A stroboscope. 3. A spot of higher than normal intensity in the sweep of an indicator, as on a radar screen, used as a reference mark for determining distance. latency ("CAS latency CAS is an abbreviation for column address strobe, or sometimes column address select, both referring to the column of the physical memory location in an array (comprised of columns and rows) of capacitors used in dynamic random access memory modules. ") of only two clock cycles. "Most users of Corsair's memory like to put at least 512 megabytes of memory into their systems," stated Don Lieberman, Corsair's Vice President of Engineering. "We believe that these modules offer our customers the ability to hit the highest speeds possible. One 512 megabyte module will outperform two 256 megabyte modules built with the same type of components in nearly any given performance-oriented system." Each CMX512-3200 is tested in a test fixture based on a currently popular motherboard based on a performance chip set such as Via's KT333 Athlon or SiS' 645 Pentium IV platform. The testing rig is set to exhaustively exercise the memory at the following settings:
Memory bus speed: 2x200 MHz
CAS latency: 2.5 clock cycles
RAS precharge: 3 cycles
RAS-to-CAS delay: 3 cycles
RAS active to precharge: 6 cycles
Command rate: 2T (2 cycles)
Population: 1 module/system
The CMX512-3000C2 is built using the same components as the CMX512-3200, and will provide the user with very similar performance. However, it is tested with more aggressive latency settings, as many customers prefer to configure their systems that way. The CMX512-3000C2 is tested using the following settings:
Memory bus speed: 2x185 MHz
CAS latency: 2.0 clock cycles
RAS precharge: 3 cycles
RAS-to-CAS delay: 3 cycles
RAS active to precharge: 6 cycles
Command rate: 1T (1 cycle)
Population: 1 module/system
Corsair's lab testing results also indicate that the modules will also easily meet two critical performance points. The first of these is ultra-low latency (2-2-2-5-T1) at 2x166 (333) MHz, a setting used by enthusiasts who optimize their performance based on low latency settings. The second is ultra-high density (2.5-3-3-6-T2, 2x185 MHz) with two modules (1 gigabyte) of memory installed in the system, a typical requirement for users performing scientific and modeling applications Corsair's 512 MByte XMS (1) See cross memory services. (2) (eXtended Memory Specification) A programming interface that allowed DOS programs to use memory above 1MB in 286s and up. 3200 and XMS3000 modules utilize 32Mx8 RAMs which have been carefully screened to meet these demanding performance requirements. The modules have been extensively qualified in motherboards based on chip sets from Via Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS, Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. (SiS) that are capable of supporting the required high-speed memory bus. The modules are shipped with a pre-installed aluminum heat spreader spreader, n See condenser. . Details on Corsair's XMS qualification and testing can be found on Corsair's web site, at www.corsairmemory.com/main/ttrg-xms.html. Both modules are available immediately. Further information and specifications on this product and other XMS products can be found at Corsair's web site (www.corsairmemory.com). These modules can be purchased through Corsair's authorized sales channels listed at http://www.corsairmemory.com/main/howtobuy.htm About Corsair Memory Corsair Memory, a member of JEDEC The division of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) that deals with semiconductor standards (officially, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association of EIA). JEDEC was formed in 1958 when the Joint Electron Tube Engineering Council (JETEC) split into two Joint Electron Device , has been a leader in the design and manufacture of high speed modules since 1994. We have earned our reputation as being the first to market with leading-edge products supporting new computing platforms and technologies. Corsair supplies memory for applications ranging from mission-critical servers to ultra-high performance gaming systems. The performance and reliability of Corsair memory products makes them ideal for the high bandwidth internet infrastructure. More information on Corsair is available at www.corsairmemory.com. |
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