Although DDR2 was first made available back in March 2004 when Intel introduced its 915/925 series of chipsets, it hasn’t been accepted as the top performer over DDR since that time. The reason is obviously the unviable Intel platform with a ridiculously high performance to price ratio. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, majority of the memory makers said DDR2 would have better luck this year due to technology maturity and consistent price drops. The level of excitement at the show regarding upcoming DDR2 speeds was quite high.

Fast-forward to June at Computex and what do we see…memory makers are frustrated by the lack of innovation to DDR2 modules. When requested to comment on the current state of DDR2 industry till the end of 2005, numerous memory makers declared that users shouldn’t expect anything special except a few speed upgrades here and there. More than likely the prices for slower DDR2 modules will be lowered to support the high-end parts.

Memory makers said users shouldn’t expect wonder chips like Samsung’s TCCDs to bring astonishing performance leap to DDR2 modules. Although the technology has matured and will continue to do so, 2005 isn’t as exciting when it comes to DDR2 development. These comments appear to generalize the state of memory industry for 2005.