A crossover to mobile computers from the traditional desktop has already occurred. Declining prices is the primary driving factors, especially in light of the current global economic conditions. Mobility and weight are other features that make mobile computers attractive to consumers, in addition to the computing power that now rival desktops.
The technology leap from DDR2 to DDR3 doubles system performance. As DDR3 offers superior performance and power savings, notebooks are rapidly adopting DDR3 memory. With rapid transition trend to DDR3, processor makers are also supporting DDR3 platforms up to speed 1333Mbps. Hynix estimates DDR3 1333Mbps portion in notebook will be around 70% at second half of 2010.
DDR3 SDRAM, which upholds the next generation main memory standard, can transfer data twice as fast as the current generation DRAM. Hynix¡¯s DDR3 SDRAM boasts high performance and low power consumption. It supports data transfer rate up to 1.6Gb/s and operate at a voltage as low as 1.5V comparable to DDR2 which a previous version of DDR3. Hynix now offers high performance DDR3 in 1Gb and 2Gb densities and is also ready to launch 4Gb in near future. Hynix¡¯s DDR3 also featuring functions such as ZQ calibrations, fly-by topology, dynamic on-die-termination and write levelization to ensure signal integrity and thus higher performance.
Hynix has always been at the leading edge of memory innovation. Hynix is currently supplying 54nm 1Gb/2Gb DDR3 and developing 46nm 1Gb/2Gb DDR3. Hynix offers DDR3 Registered DIMMs which provide higher memory density, speed and memory bandwidth, and reliability for high performance servers. Hynix is also able to provide 1.35V DDR3 RDIMMs for lower power consumption in server platforms.
