Kingmax to start mass production of high-end DDR2
DDR2 products are currently contributing about 5% of Kingmax’s sales, but they are going full steam ahead with DDR2-800 modules. Clearly the future of DDR2 memory is 800MHz and beyond.
Ranked as the world’s eighth-largest third-party DRAM-module supplier by iSuppli for the last two years, Kingmax Semiconductor is aiming to begin regular production of its new DDR2-800 unbuffered DIMMs for desktops and DDR2-667 SO-DIMMs for notebooks by the end of June. Announced at the end of last week, both products are now being displayed at Computex in Taipei.
Targeting power users with its DDR2-800 modules, Kingmax is now more concerned about motherboard compatibility than just following the formal guidelines from JEDEC and Intel. The company is expecting motherboards supporting DDR2-800 to be available on the market soon, while the DDR2-800 specification is not yet finally approved by JEDEC. In addition, Intel has not yet started its validation program for DDR2-800 modules.
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