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@ 2004/12/09This is the first of a multi-part series aimed at answering those questions, and providing a closer look at these new technologies. Today I will be focusing on new memory technologies: dual-channel, and DDR2.
These past eighteen months have been quite exciting: they have seen the coming of the first 64-bit desktop chips, the first desktop alternatives to PCI, AGP and IDE, the introduction of DDR2 memory, and the universal adoption of dual-channel by the mainstream desktop market. But what do these terms really mean, and more importantly, what implications do they have in the real world?
These past eighteen months have been quite exciting: they have seen the coming of the first 64-bit desktop chips, the first desktop alternatives to PCI, AGP and IDE, the introduction of DDR2 memory, and the universal adoption of dual-channel by the mainstream desktop market. But what do these terms really mean, and more importantly, what implications do they have in the real world?
