DDR4 RAM To Hit Devices Next Year

angry tapir writes "Micron has said that DDR4 memory — the successor to DDR3 DRAM — will reach computers next year, and that the company has started shipping samples of the upcoming DDR memory type. DDR4 is more power-efficient and faster than DDR3. New forms of DDR memory first make it into servers and desktops, and then into laptops. Micron said it hopes that DDR4 memory will also reach portable devices like tablets, which currently use forms of low-power DDR3 and DDR2 memory."

Comments

Isn't it time to drop the "D"?

[michaelmalak]

Isn't it time to drop the "D" in DDR? Double what? Double of DDR3?

It's actually double 1990's technology, as DDR 1.0 was specified in 2000! Good thing this isn't a mass consumer product, because the FTC might go after a company claiming "double" in comparison to product that was produced potentially prior to the birth of the purchaser.

It reminds me of the mistake computer and software companies would make in the 80's of calling the second version of a product the "plus" version, and then the subsequent versions would be "plus 2.0", "plus 3.0" etc.