AMD to leap to DDR3 or XDR?

Anton Shilov writing for xbitlabs.com reports:

Advanced Micro Devices, who has always been very conservative over DDR2 upport, is reported to be considering to skip support of DDR2 SDRAM and jump on the bandwagon of DDR3 or XDR memory later during the decade.

“The source also said that AMD might be going its own way by not following Intel with their DDR2 implementations. Instead, the world’s second largest chipmaker may go straight to DDR3 or XDR DRAM in hopes of adopting a better architecture,”
CoolTechZone web-site reported.

Read Mr. Shilov’s article here.

Gundeep Hora writing for CoolTechZone opins:

Should AMD adopt the DDR3 standard, Intel will get hit in the enthusiast market again, but Intel may end up following AMD with memory standards in the end.

Read CoolTechZone article here.

Hat tip to Joe of the Pinehurst Thread for the link.