Micron Technology, Inc., Announces Availability of First RLDRAM II Product Samples; Micron Supports Market With RLDRAM II Products.Business Editors & Technology Writers BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003 Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU), today announced sample availability of 288 megabit (Mb) reduced latency DRAM II (RLDRAM (storage) RLDRAM - (Reduced Latency DRAM) A kind of dynamic random access memory. RLDRAM comes in "common IO" and "separate IO" configurations. It supports broadside addressing. It is typically used in networking gear and set-top boxes that require high bandwidth memory. (TM) II) products. Micron is sampling 288Mb RLDRAM II devices operating at 400 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. (MHz) 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 ) operation. Micron's RLDRAM II products are ultra high-speed DDR SDRAMs combining fast random access with extremely high bandwidth and high density targeting communication and data storage applications. Samples of 288Mb RLDRAM II devices are now available from Micron. Today's high-speed networking applications require increased bandwidth for high data transfer rates. RLDRAM II products' eight-bank architecture is optimized to meet these requirements, achieving a peak bandwidth of 28.8 gigabit per second (Gbps) using a 36-bit interface and a 400 MHz system clock. Micron's RLDRAM II product samples boast a low latency and random cycle time (tRC) of 20 nanoseconds (ns), providing optimum bus utilization efficiencies beyond anything currently available in the market place. Additional advantages of the RLDRAM II product feature set include; on-die termination (ODT See SCO Open Desktop. ODT - Open Desktop ), multiplexed or non-multiplexed addressing, on-chip delay lock loop (DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. ), common and separate I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , programmable output impedance and a power efficient 1.8V core. These features offer designers optimum flexibility, providing a memory solution designed to fully optimize bus utilization whether the data bus is unidirectional or has a balanced READ and WRITE ratio. "Delivering 400 MHz RLDRAM II samples into the market place demonstrates Micron's commitment to provide a broad product portfolio of leading-edge, high-performance DRAM memory architectures," said Mike Black, Micron's Strategic Marketing Manager for Networking and Communications. "RLDRAM product design activity continues to grow significantly across platforms. Designers in high speed networking, video imaging and server cache applications are realizing the performance advantages RLDRAM devices contribute to their overall system performance. RLDRAM II architecture provides the ultimate balance in raw performance and bus utilization." RLDRAM II devices are available in a standard 144-ball FBGA FBGA Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array FBGA Fine Pitch Bga FBGA Fine Line Bga , 11mm X 18.5mm package to enable ultra high-speed data transfer rates and a simple upgrade path from former products. Infineon and Micron co-developed the RLDRAM architecture, ensuring standardization, multi-sourcing, and functional compatibility. Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, Flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. 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) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its web site at www.micron.com. RLDRAM is a trademark of Infineon Technologies AG in various countries, and is used by Micron Technology, Inc. under license from Infineon. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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