Crucial.com and Micron Technology, Inc., Provide DDR SDRAM to the Upgrade Market.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2001 Starting today, Crucial.com, a leading factory-direct memory upgrade supplier and a division of Micron, is offering Micron's PC1600 double data rate (DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory ) synchronous DRAM Synchronous DRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. ) memory module upgrades to end users. To demonstrate the price/performance advantage of this next-generation technology, Crucial is offering these PC1600 DDR SDRAM See DDR. modules for the same price as current generation PC133 modules. Multiple chipsets and platforms are taking advantage of Micron's DDR SDRAM memory, and Crucial.com is making these DDR SDRAM modules, formerly provided only to system developers, available directly to end users. "As computer equipment manufacturers offer more systems with DDR SDRAM, Crucial will proactively offer DDR SDRAM upgrades at a reasonable price," said Fred Waddel, General Manager of Crucial.com. "This new technology offers significant price/performance benefits to PC users. Leveraging Micron's manufacturing efficiencies and Crucial's factory-direct business model enables us to provide DDR SDRAM upgrades at one of the best prices in the industry." "DDR SDRAM is emerging as the next-generation memory solution for computing applications and is gaining momentum in the networking and consumer markets," said Jeff Mailloux, Micron's Director of DRAM Marketing. "Micron continues to meet the diverse needs of multiple market segments, giving our customers multiple choices from a single memory source." Crucial.com is the Web site of Crucial Technology, a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Micron Technology, Inc. Crucial sells memory upgrade modules factory direct from Micron Technology, Inc., and offers over 49,000 upgrades for more than 10,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, routers, and printers. Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, SRAMs, Flash memory, other semiconductor components, memory modules, and personal computer systems. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ) under the symbol MU. |
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