DDR SDRAM
Sign in to saveAlso known as DDR RAM, DDR1 SDRAM, DDR1, DDR, PC1600, PC2100, PC2700, PC3200
first generation of double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory
Key facts
- Developer
- Samsung JEDEC
- Type
- Synchronous dynamic random-access memory
- Generations
- DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 DDR5 DDR6
- Release date
- DDR: 1998 ; 28 years ago ( 1998 ) DDR2: 2003 ; 23 years ago ( 2003 ) DDR3: 2007 ; 19 years ago ( 2007 ) DDR4: 2014 ; 12 years ago ( 2014 ) DDR5: 2020 ; 6 years ago ( 2020 )
- Voltage
- DDR: 2.5/2.6 DDR2: 1.8 DDR3: 1.5/1.35 DDR4: 1.2 DDR5: 1.1
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Wikidata facts
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- voltage
- 2.5
- Commons category
- DDR RAM
- data transfer speed
- 25.6
- frequency
- 200
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Double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) widely used in computers and other electronic devices. It improves on earlier SDRAM technology by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal, effectively doubling the data rate without increasing the clock frequency. This technique, known as double data rate (DDR), allows for higher memory bandwidth while maintaining lower power consumption and reduced signal interference.
DDR SDRAM was first introduced in the late 1990s and is sometimes referred to as DDR1 to distinguish it from later generations. It has been succeeded by DDR2 SDRAM, DDR3 SDRAM, DDR4 SDRAM, and DDR5 SDRAM, each offering further improvements in speed, capacity, and efficiency. These generations are not backward or forward compatible, meaning memory modules from different DDR versions cannot be used interchangeably on the same motherboard.