ENHANCED MEMORY DEBUTS SDRAM/DIMM FOR PENTIUM III/ATHLON.Enhanced Memory Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., 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 Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR), has introduced a family of 256MB and 512MB unbuffered PC133 High-Speed 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. (HSDRAM HSDRAM High Speed Dynamic Random Access Memory HSDRAM High Speed Synchronous Dynamic Ram ) DIMM modules. These modules support high-end Intel Pentium III and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Athlon workstation and server systems using the new Via Technologies' Pro 133, Pro133A, and KX133 chipsets. The modules provide the large memory capacity (up to 1.5 GB) needed by industrial strength desktop publishing, video production, and Web server applications. This capacity exceeds the 1 GB maximum capacity of the recently announced Intel 840 chipset using Direct RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Pronounced "r-d-ram." A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (www.rambus.com). Rambus licensed its memory designs to semiconductor companies, which manufactured the chips. main memory. PC133 HSDRAM is the lowest latency, highest clock rate, high-density SDRAM DIMM available. HSDRAM operates at 3:2:2 latency at clock rates greater than 133 MHz. "Our HSDRAM DIMMs are the fastest modules currently available," said David Bondurant, vice president of marketing at Enhanced Memory Systems. "The new 256MB and 512MB DIMMs are great for serious desktop publishing and video production workstations, or low-end Web servers based on the new Via Pro 133, Pro133A or KX133 chipsets." Pricing and Availability -- The HSDRAM products are now available through the EMS e-commerce Website at www.pc133memory.com. The 256MB DIMM (x64) is currently priced at $995. The 512MB DIMM (x64) is currently priced at $1990. High-Performance DRAM Products A leading specialty DRAM company, Enhanced Memory Systems began shipping its first low-latency EDRAM (1) (Enhanced DRAM) A high-speed DRAM chip developed by Ramtron International Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO. It allowed overlap of a read at the trailing end of a write operation to obtain its speed. products in 1992. In November 1996, Enhanced Memory Systems announced its new 133MHz enhanced synchronous DRAM (ESDRAM ESDRAM Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory ESDRAM Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Ram ). This ESDRAM became an official 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 SDRAM Superset standard and was first sampled in 1998. ESDRAM is now in volume production. The PC133 HSDRAM products continue the Enhanced Memory Systems tradition of supplying the highest performance plug-compatible memory upgrade products. Enhanced Memory Systems is a fabless DRAM company with manufacturing agreements with top semiconductor companies including Infineon Technologies (formerly Siemens Semiconductors) and IBM Microelectronics, and is pursuing other strategic partnerships to advance its high-performance memory technology in the marketplace. Enhanced Memory Systems products serve the DRAM, specialty DRAM and fast SRAM markets, which are expected to grow to more than $56 billion by the year 2001, according to In-Stat, a leading semiconductor research firm. Ramtron/Enhanced Memory Systems, Inc. Enhanced Memory Systems develops and markets patented EDRAM(R) high-performance specialty memories that combine fast DRAM and SRAM on one chip. Enhanced Memory Systems is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city (after Denver) in the state of Colorado and the 48th most populous city in the United States.[4] The city is the county seat of El Paso County. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq:RMTR). For more information, call 800-545-FRAM (3726) or 719/481-7003 |
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