Mitsubishi Electronics Samples 64- and 128-Mbit PC133 SDRAMs for High-End Computing and Personal Computer Markets.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1999-- 133-MHz SDRAMs Have the Backing of Major OEMs as well as Extensive Third-Party Chipset Support Mitsubishi Electronics America's Electronic Device Group today announced that it is now sampling families of 64- and 128-Mbit synchronous DRAMs (SDRAMs) that support PC133 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. operation, and will offer them as discrete ICs and industry-standard registered and unbuffered DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module modules. Targeted for high-end computing, personal computers, telecommunications and networking applications, PC133 performance has the backing of major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Intergraph Computer Systems. PC chipset A set of chips that provides the interfaces between all of the PC's subsystems. It provides the buses and electronics to allow the CPU, memory and input/output devices to interact. and server chipset support will be available in 1999 from third-party manufacturers such as Acer Laboratories Inc. (ALi), OPTi Incorporated, Reliance Computer Corporation (RCC RCC - An extensible language. ), 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), Standard Microsystems Corporation, and VIA Technologies. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Backing and Chipset Support "IBM's technology blueprint for its Netfinity Server line -- we call it X-Architecture -- builds proven IBM enterprise-level performance and reliability into the memory subsystems of our Netfinity servers," said Dr. Tom Bradicich, director of architecture and technology for IBM's Netfinity Server line. "In doing this, we plan to take full advantage of PC133 memory." "We look forward to offering the faster memory access and higher bandwidth capabilities of 133-MHz Synchronous DRAM in our award-winning TDZ TDZ The Dead Zone (movie) TDZ Touchdown Zone TDZ Temperature Danger Zone (food safety) TDZ Tvornica Duhana Zagreb (Croatian tobacco factory) TDZ thiazolidinediones 2000 ViZual Workstations," said Jeff Edson, president, Workstation Business Unit for Intergraph Computer Systems. "Our customers in the digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , prepress and publishing, mechanical CAD, and visual simulation markets will benefit from the increased system performance, cost effectiveness, and reliability this enhanced PC133 technology brings." "PC133 SDRAM is the only current memory technology that cost effectively gives next-generation processors high performance and low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as in gigabyte memory densities," said David Pulling, vice president of marketing and sales for Reliance Computer Corporation. "Our next-generation chipsets fully support PC133 SDRAM requirements for next-generation servers and workstations." Analysts Project PC133 Market Growth "In the face of too many new and unproven memory technologies, 133-MHz SDRAM is exactly what the industry needs right now for the mainstream," said Bert McComas of InQuest. "PC133 offers a solid performance enhancement, while leveraging SDRAM infrastructure and economies of scale." "Demand from major OEMs and third-party chipset support will combine to accelerate the growth of PC133 SDRAMs in 1999," said Jim Handy, memory analyst at Dataquest. "The devices are expected to find widespread use in high-end graphics applications in workstations and PCs, and should easily find a home in other high-performance markets. Even low-end PCs are potential users of PC133 where shared memory architectures are used to cut costs." Leading-Edge SDRAMs to Meet Customer Demand Mitsubishi's PC133 SDRAMs support 16-megaword by 4-bit (16M x 4), 8M x 8, and 4M x 16 organizations at the 64-Mbit density; and 32M x 4, 16M x 8, and 8M x 16 organizations at the 128-Mbit density. The devices require a 3.3-volt power supply voltage, and their 7.5-ns clock cycle operation supports a Column Address Strobe (hardware) Column Address Strobe - (CAS) A signal sent from a processor (or memory controller) to a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) (qv) circuit to indicate that the column address lines are valid. (CAS) Latency of 3. "Mitsubishi's early offering of these 64- and 128-Mbit PC133 SDRAMs results from leveraging our leading-edge SDRAM technologies," said Cecil Conkle, assistant vice president of DRAM marketing at Mitsubishi Electronics America. "Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , our customers, who build several types of systems, are pressuring Mitsubishi for PC133 SDRAMs because PC133 offers a natural and easy transition from PC100 SDRAMs. Also, the availability of 16M x 4 and 32M x 4 organizations is important to many customers, allowing PC133 to supply a new level in SDRAM performance while still supporting the error correction code Noun 1. error correction code - (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors ECC telecommunication - (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic and chip-kill needs of high-end servers for the scientific and financial markets." Availability Samples of Mitsubishi's 64-Mbit PC133 SDRAMs are available now with modules becoming available in February 1999. Discrete 128-Mbit PC133 SDRAMs will sample in February 1999 with modules sampling in March 1999. Mass production for 64- and 128-Mbit PC133 SDRAMs will begin in the first quarter of 1999. PC133 SDRAM support is planned for a wide variety of unbuffered and registered module types. About Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is one of the world's top-10 DRAM suppliers and aggressively develops advanced DRAMs, such as PC100 and PC133 SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, 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. , and other emerging industry-standard DRAM types to support current and future customer requirements. Mitsubishi Electric is the first company to successfully integrate the process technologies of DRAM and processor logic with its highly acclaimed eRAM(TM) system integration technology, and has shipped embedded DRAM products in high volume for longer than any other supplier. eRAM is Mitsubishi Electric's brand name for its silicon process technology, products, and systems expertise that integrate memory and system-level core functions on the same integrated circuit to enable unprecedented overall system performance. A top-tier semiconductor supplier, Mitsubishi Electric markets memory products and an extensive range of other semiconductors in North America through the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. Please visit Mitsubishi Electric's worldwide semiconductor website at http://www.mitsubishichips.com. Trademark Information All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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