An Overview of Quad Band Memory

tedgyz writes "AnandTech has a short article on a new memory technology from Via, called Quad Band Memory (QBM). Rather than using dual-channel DDR to increase bandwidth, they use phase-shifting inside the memory modules to accomplish the same goal. The end result is simpler (and presumably cheaper) motherboard designs that are backwards compatible with current DDR modules. The downside? It is currently only going to available in a P4 chipset that Intel has not authorized."

Comments

Re:If it's *that* simple...

[Hadlock]

probably the same reason why intel and amd haven't put out 5.2 ghz chips yet, despite the fact that their current archetechture supports that, or at least they're fully capable of matching the other, should one raise the bar to that point in technology. if you put out the peak of technology, then you lose alot of potential revenue, which in turn helps keep a steady flow of cash comming in, which looks good to investors, ect ect ect. expect to see 16x memory after 8x memory, each of which will take 2.5 years to "develop" and put into motherboards & whatnot.

basically, it's not today's technology that limits them, it's today's financial market setup that does.