Samsung’s 30nm DDR3 DRAM boosts speeds, cuts power consumption

Samsung has been taunting us with the promise of 30nm DRAM for quite sometime, and when the tiny chips went into mass production last year it was the world’s servers that got first dibs. The average consumer stuck with that aging 40nm stuff — blech. This summer though, you’ll finally be able to snatch up some of Sammy’s latest tech in the form of two and four GB DDR3 1600 sticks for both laptops and desktops. The company claims that its new RAM modules are up to two-thirds more energy efficient than more common 60nm chips and 20 percent faster that its own 40nm ones. Both solo and dual packs will be hitting retailers soon starting at “less than $30.” Check out the PR after the break. Continue reading Samsung’s 30nm DDR3 DRAM boosts speeds, cuts power consumption Samsung’s 30nm DDR3 DRAM boosts speeds, cuts power consumption originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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