Elpida samples 256Mb 800MHz DDR 2 chips

“Elpida will begin shipping 800MHz 256Mb DDR 2 SDRAM chips in two months’ time – the “industry’s first” DDR 2 devices to reach 800Mbps operation – the memory maker said today.

The chips will be available in 8- and 16-bit widths ready for incorporation into DIMMs. Elpida is sampling the 8-bit parts now, and expects to offer 16-bit chip samples next month. Volume production will commence in May, it said. Both versions are fabbed at 110nm.”

Before we know it, our ram will be 1GHz. Check out the article at The Register.