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"Two years ago the industry settled on a specification for synchronous DRAMs at JEDEC, and Hitachi is currently sampling 16M DRAMs and modules. The broad industry support as further evidenced by this announcement from Texas Instruments is the critical factor in the success of a new memory technology."
Hitachi America, Ltd. Jim Sogas High Performance and Application Specific Memory Marketing Manager"It is apparent that rapid advancements in processors for workstations and personal computers are demanding the same progress in DRAMs. NEC strongly believes new-generation DRAMs, such as synchronous DRAMs, will move rapidly to fill customer needs in both main memory and graphics."
NEC Electronics, Inc. Cecil Conkle Senior Product Marketing Manager"The trend toward synchronous DRAM technology is a powerful one, dictated by speeds of the new generation of microprocessors. Our development programs are already yielding our first generation of new products. Texas Instruments' announcement supports Fujitsu's view that synchronous memories are not only logical but necessary."
Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. George Robillard Director of Memory Marketing"As processor and memory performance requirements increase, system designers may not be able to use traditional asynchronous DRAM interfaces effectively at very high speeds. We see the synchronous architecture as one of the major new industry trends that offers the capability to support 66/100 MHz and beyond."
Oki Semiconductor Charu Mungale Senior Manager, Memory Marketing"Toshiba is sampling the 16M SDRAM (x4/x8) now. We are very enthusiastic and committed to synchronous DRAM due to its high performance and scaleability whereby allowing systems to open bottlenecks and establish new performance baselines."
Toshiba America Electronic Components Rick Horiuchi Manager Specialty DRAM Marketing# # #