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Qimonda licenses Rambus interface

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DRAM manufacturer Qimonda has signed an agreement to license Rambus’ XDR memory interface solution. Rambus XDR will be implemented in Qimonda’s 75nm process technology for integration into high volume applications, including game consoles, digital televisions, set top boxes and pc graphics.

Rambus XDR dram is said to bring an order of magnitude higher performance than today's standard memories. Suited to graphics processing, consumer electronics, network and server applications, a 2byte wide 3.2GHz XDR dram provides a peak bandwidth of 6.4Gbyte/s. “The XDR memory solution completes our broad graphics ram portfolio to better serve high performance and high bandwidth applications for the fast growing global computing and consumer electronics markets,” said Robert Feurle, vice president and general manager of graphics dram at Qimonda. “Since signing a patent license agreement with Qimonda, we have worked towards a relationship where our engineering teams could collaborate on leadership memory solutions to serve the global market,” said Sharon Holt, Rambus’ senior vice president of worldwide sales, licensing and marketing. “We are proud to be working with Qimonda to deliver this advanced memory product for a growing number of applications in computing and digital entertainment.”