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DDR3 SDRAM From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ??(Redirected from Ddr3) Jump to: navigation, search This articles factual accuracy may be compromised because of out-of-date information. Please help improve the article by updating it. There may be additional information on the talk page. (November 2010) In computing, DDR3 SDRAM or double-data-rate three SDRAM is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of dynamic RAM and/or associated interface techniques that have been used since the early 1970s, and it is not directly compatible with any of the earlier types, not even with DDR2 SDRAM. This is due to different signaling voltages, timings, and other factors. DDR3 is a DRAM interface specification; the actual DRAM arrays that store the data are similar to earlier types, with similar performance. The primary benefit of DDR3 SDRAM over its predecessor, DDR2 SDRAM, is the ability to transfer at twice the data rate (8× the speed of its internal memory arrays), enabling higher bandwidth or peak data rates. In addition, the DDR3 standard allows for chip capacities of up to 8 gigabits, thus enabling a memory module size of 16 gigabytes (using 16 chips). With two transfers per cycle of a quadrupled clock, a 64-bit wide DDR3 module may achieve a transfer rate of up to 64 times the memory clock in MB/s. Contents [hide] 1 Overview 1.1 Latencies 2 Extensions 3 Modules 3.1 JEDEC standard modules 4 Feature summary 5 Market penetration 6 Successor 7 See also 8 References [edit] Overview DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 for Desktop PCs DDR3 memory provides a reduction in power consumption of 30% compared to DDR2 modules due to DDR3s 1.5 V supply voltage, compared to DDR2s 1.8 V or DDRs 2.5 V. The 1.5 V supply voltage works well with the 90 nanometer fabrication technology used in the original DDR3 chips. Some manufacturers further propose using dual-gate transistors to reduce leakage of current.[1] According to JED