Playstation 3 accounts for almost 90% of XDR memory shipments

[Pumpkin Head]

Los Altos (CA) – Driven by Sony’s Playstation 3, Rambus said that memory manufacturers have shipped more than 25 million memory devices based on the firm’s XDR technology.


Based on current estimates that Sony has sold about 5.5 million PS3s to date and the fact that the console uses four 512 Mbit XDR devices suggests that about 22 million XDR units have made their way into this product. Samsung and Elpida are the main XDR memory suppliers for the PS3.

Rambus did not provide further specific products, which are using XDR devices today, but mentioned that the technology “ideally suited for graphics processing, consumer electronics, network and server applications, as well as a new generation of compute platforms driven by multi-core processors.”

While we know that especially Cell-processor based server and workstation systems integrate XDR memory, it is unclear which role the memory will play in other high-performance computing applications such as graphics and stream processing. The fact that Rambus is the only technology source and indications that AMD and Nvidia are jumping from GDDR3 to GDDR4 and GDDR5, suggests that Rambus will have a tough time getting the technology adopted by this market segment. iSuppli analyst Nam Kim, however, believes that XDR “could lend itself to future graphics-intensive applications such as HDTV.”

Currently available XDR devices run with up to 4 GHz, providing a peak memory bandwidth of 8.0 GB/s. Rambus said that XDR will scale to 8.0 GHz and 16 GB/s bandwidth.

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[Nerve-Damage]

Cool...

[cliffbo]

Originally Posted by Nerve-Damage

Cool...

lol... ye, i'm struggling to motivate myself enough to string a cohesive sentence together too.

[Viper]

Um, is this good or bad news?

90% means very little else wants to use XDR. Actually, what IS the other 10%?

[cliffbo]

Originally Posted by Viper

Um, is this good or bad news?

90% means very little else wants to use XDR. Actually, what IS the other 10%?

good point!

[Sephiroth_VII]

Wow, I didn't know the PS3 had 2 gigs of XDR ram!!

Based on current estimates that Sony has sold about 5.5 million PS3s to date and the fact that the console uses four 512 Mbit XDR devices suggests that about 22 million XDR units have made their way into this product. Samsung and Elpida are the main XDR memory suppliers for the PS3.

Now I understand why it's so expensive.

[Viper]

The speed and bandwidth ratings they mentioned sound great so why isn't it replacing GDDR? Is it just cost or something else?

Seph:
Mbit, not MB

1 MB = 8 Mb

512 Mb * 4 = 2.048 Gb or 256 MB

[Sephiroth_VII]

Ah, I get it, I hadn't noticed. Thought it semmed weird, considering that it was a good source.

And yes, I think cost is the issue.

[VideoGame mania]

Based on current estimates that Sony has sold about 5.5 million PS3s to date

What ?

[Diresu]

Originally Posted by VideoGame mania

What ?

Shipped.

[VG Aficionado]

More like sold to retailers

[VideoGame mania]

Originally Posted by Diresu

Shipped.

If Sony sells it means ships ? So where is the rest of 2 m consoles ?

...3.5 mil sold to customers, 5.5 sold to retailers. Whats the problem?

The problem is 2 million PS3s are collecting dust.

[Diresu]

Originally Posted by VideoGame mania

If Sony sells it means ships ? So where is the rest of 1.5 m consoles ?

...3.5 mil sold to customers, 5.5 sold to retailers. Whats the problem?

[Freeman_JI]

Lack of sales i'd say.

I was also thinking on the same level as Viper, XDR is pretty much only used on the PS3.

Anyone with Ram Tech knowledge know the pro's can con's of XDR (PS3 spec) vs GDR3 (360 spec)
All I know is that the PS3 XDR is clocked high... very high.

[Red_Eyes]

XDR is too expensive for the average consumers. Thank god it's in the PS3.

[cliffbo]

Originally Posted by Diresu

...3.5 mil sold to customers, 5.5 sold to retailers. Whats the problem?

the thing is though, they reached 5.5 sold to retailers at the beginning of April... mmmmmmm

[BruceWayneIII]

^^^ lack of sales? No, it means that there are PS3s to buy at the retailers. How would Sony sell PS3s if the retailers world wide didn't have any stock?

[Diresu]

Originally Posted by cliffbo

the thing is though, they reached 5.5 sold to retailers at the beginning of April... mmmmmmm

Old estimates? I dunno.

[cliffbo]

Originally Posted by Diresu

Old estimates? I dunno.

or accelerated sales. how many were sold in Europe?

[Diresu]

Originally Posted by cliffbo

or accelerated sales. how many were sold in Europe?

I have no idea...though I doubt it considering there was no reason for a rise in sales. If it was post E3 I would buy it bu why now?