LOS ALTOS, Calif., Jun 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the world's premier technology
licensing companies specializing in high-speed chip architectures, today
announced that its customers have shipped over 100 million XDR(TM) DRAM
devices worldwide. XDR DRAM is part of a total memory solution developed
by Rambus. The award-winning XDR memory architecture achieves an order
of magnitude higher performance than today's standard memories. With the
flexibility to provide more bandwidth at better power efficiency per
device than competing technologies, XDR memory both reduces overall
systems costs and delivers the performance needed for the most advanced
electronic products.
"Consumers' demand for increasingly powerful graphics and computing
applications require superior memory bandwidth and power efficiency,"
said Sharon Holt, senior vice president of Licensing and Marketing at
Rambus. "The XDR memory architecture has proven an ideal solution for a
broad range of products needing blazing fast speeds and excellent power
efficiency. No other memory technology provides the flexibility the XDR
architecture offers to system and chip designers."
The XDR memory architecture features key enabling technologies built on
patented Rambus innovations that include low-voltage, low-power
Differential Rambus Signaling Level (DRSL); Octal Data Rate (ODR)
technology that transfers eight bits of data each clock cycle;
FlexPhase(TM) circuit technology for precise on-chip alignment of data with
clock; and Dynamic-Point-to-Point (DPP) for both enhanced signal
integrity and scalability.
Key components enabling the breakthrough performance of the XDR memory
architecture are:
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XDR DRAM is a high-performance memory that turbo-charges standard CMOS
DRAM cores with a high-speed interface capable of 7.2Gbps data rates
providing up to 28.8GB/s of bandwidth with a single DRAM device.
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XIO controller IO cell provides the same high-speed signaling
capability found on the DRAM, but adds additional enhancements like
FlexPhase(TM) technology that eliminates the need for trace length
matching.
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XMC memory controller is a fully synthesizable logical memory
controller that is optimized to take advantage of innovations like
Dynamic Point-to-Point which provides for capacity expansion while
delivering the signal integrity benefits of point-to-point signaling.
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XCG clock generator provides the system clocks with four programmable
outputs and is guaranteed to meet the clocking requirements for the
XIO and XDR DRAM devices.
XDR DRAM is available from world-leading memory suppliers Elpida Memory
Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. It has been adopted in high-volume
products including the Sony PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system,
DLP(R) projectors, Teradici PC-over-IP computing systems, and Toshiba's
Qosmio(R) laptop PCs and HDTV chip sets. For more information on the XDR
memory architecture please visit www.rambus.com/xdr.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is one of the world's premier technology licensing companies
specializing in the invention and design of high-speed memory
architectures. Since its founding in 1990, the Company's patented
innovations, breakthrough technologies and renowned integration
expertise have helped industry-leading chip and system companies bring
superior products to market. Rambus' technology and products solve
customers' most complex chip and system-level interface challenges
enabling unprecedented performance in computing, mobile and consumer
electronics applications. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent
portfolio as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard
interface products. Headquartered in Los Altos, California, Rambus has
regional offices in North Carolina, India, Germany, Japan and Taiwan.
Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
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SOURCE: Rambus Inc.
Rambus Public Relations
Linda Ashmore, 650-947-5411
lashmore@rambus.com
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