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| Rambus Technology Is Adopted in PlayStation 3  Rambus announces that its XDR memory and FlexIO processor bus interface technologies are featured in the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. Designed from the ground up for high performance, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system employs four XDR DRAM devices, providing 256MB of memory capacity. The Rambus XDR memory interface and FlexIO processor bus account for 90% of the Cell Broadband Engine signal pins, enabling an unprecedented aggregate bandwidth of over 65 gigabytes-per-second in PlayStation 3.The Rambus XDR memory interface connecting to XDR DRAMs achieves data rates of 3.2GHz to 8.0GHz. FlexIO processor buses are capable of running up to 8.0GHz data rates, providing bandwidth more than four times faster than best-of-class processor buses available today. Clock signals to the XDR DRAMs are provided by Rambus XCG clock generators. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |