Team Group Announces First 3GHz DDR3 Memory Modules

[jimmysmitty]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]Until just 4-5 years ago we were amazed at RAM that ran at 533, 677 and 800MHz. But 3000MHz? Wow![/citation]

Just wait till DDR4. Its going to start at 2133MHz and go up to 4266MHz (basically twice the current DDR3 JEDEC SPEC is at, anything above DDR3 2133MHz is not JEDEC SPEC). and possibly higher. As well, it might be faster than DDR3 2133MHz due to its more PCIe like approach (having each DIMM directly connected to the IMC instead of multiple DIMMs per channel).

We will see but man memory is moving along fast these days.

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]caedenv[/nom]compression and encryption may be common, but needing it to be at 'performance' speeds is NOT common at all. Not saying there are not people who want/need this type of memory... but it is an extremely small part of the population that NEEDs this type of ram in order to work faster.That said... man it is cool Can't wait for DDR4 though.[/citation]

Again, folding is extremely prevalent. Whether or not people need it to be as fast as it is doesn't matter. This memory isn't intended to be bought by the masses. This is for people who can use it in situations where high performance RAM is important. Saying that it is only for certain situations is like saying that Xeons are only for certain situations. Whether or not it's true isn't being disputed, but to say that they aren't used by very many people is wrong and that they are for only certain situations has no impact on the fact that for those situations they are better than the alternatives. Tens of millions of people do folding and even if not everyone doing it or not everyone doing encryption and compression and decompression, these are still applications that would benefit greatly from this RAM and there are enough people who will buy this RAM for it to be a profitable venture.

You're now saying that there aren't many people who would need this sort of RAM to improve the speed of their computers in applications relevant to their work. Whether or not this is true doesn't matter because these people are there and although it doesn't matter, there are actually many people who would benefit from this RAM. Whether or not they need this RAM is a worthless sentiment. Saying whether or not someone needs something is overbearing and not only is it overbearing, it doesn't actually matter. If people can benefit from this and can afford it, then they will consider buying it. It doesn't matter if they can get away with not buying it because buying it would improve their work.

More importantly, most people who would be benefited by this RAM in rendering and folding could be said to need it. The fast a machine can render, the more money the owner can make if their income depends on rendering speed. This is common and I've helped several people with such jobs through Tom's forums in just the last two months. You are making overbearing statements about markets and industries of which you don't seem to understand very well.

 

[dreadlokz]

green pcb, CL13! Sweeeeeet! -.-'

 

[masterjaw]

And here I am, still chilling at 1333mhz.