Intel has jumped on the DDR2 bandwagon, and the 925X/XE and 915P/G platforms can utilize this high-end memory. DDR has been transformed into DDR2 through the doubling of internal data bus, thereby allowing next-generation memory speeds of 533/667 MHz and above. The DDR2 market continues to grow, with more of the larger vendors jumping on board, and as the weeks pass, we expect that number to only grow.
We're also concentrating mainly on DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 modules, although higher-end DDR2-800 and DDR2-1000 are just starting to emerge. DDR2 has moved beyond the niche market stage, but it will take some time (and AMD jumping on board) before it becomes the de facto memory standard.
Even in times of stable memory prices, we've come to count on DDR2 to provide the kind of price movement that keeps our guide hopping. This week DDR2 offered some good news by being the most active of the memory types, but this is a hollow crown, with overall DDR2 cuts barely moving above $225 and far less than we are accustomed. For comparison, our last update showed an aggregate DDR2 price drop of almost $800. But there are some individual rays of sunshine, with Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 2x512-MB (-$42), Crucial Ballistix DDR2-533 2x512-MB (-$38), Patriot Extreme DDR2-533 512-MB (-$33) and Kingston HyperX DDR2-533 2x512-MB (-$29) providing the main excitement.
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