yJanuary 9, 2003, Taipeiz When TwinMOS Technologies launched its PC3200 (DDR 400MHz) high performance memory module at the 2002 Computex Taipei last June, the industry was uncertain about its market potential. TwinMOS eliminated any doubt when its PC3200 passed a vigorous validation test and earned the endorsement of the Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC), once again demonstrating its leadership in the industry.

The JEDEC approved the PC3200 specification standards in its 2002 annual meeting held in Hawaii in early December. One of the major topics discussed at the meeting was the module pad, structure and voltage (Vdd 2.6 + 0.2 V) of PC3200 (DDR 400MHz). Reports from various media on the productfs successful full-loading test validation have drawn positive responses from consumers inquiring the companyfs advanced technologies.

After the launch of the PC3200 DDR, TwinMOS has contacted various world-renowned chipset makers for their support of the new high-speed memory module. TwinMOS received validation from major logic chipset suppliers such as nVIDIA, SiS and VIA during the past six months. Meanwhile, its PC3200 (DDR MHz) is highly remarked by more than one hundred professional publications around the world (see relevant information at w.twinmos.com/Marketing_ProductsReview.htm).

The first to introduce a high performance memory module last June, TwinMOS experienced skepticism from industry insiders who regard it as a product made in haste. Some considered it at most a better alternative to the game consoles, but hardly worth the effort as most of the industry maintained higher expectation for the DDR II.

However, TwinMOS judged from a market survey that it could take one and a half years for the PC2700 (DDR 333MHz) to be upgraded into DDR II. Consumers might not wait that long. TwinMOS therefore took a bold action to introduce the PC3200 (DDR 400MHz) to fulfill the demand of the consumers for high-speed memory modules.

The decision proved itself right as the new DDR II prototypes might not be launched until mid-2003 due to certain doubts on DDR II specifications. TwinMOS believes that volume production of DDR II memory modules will even be delayed until 2004 and that clock frequency could be a minimum of 533 or even 600 MHz. At that point, 3200MB/sec will become the standard bandwidth for desktop computers and the clock frequency of higher-end notebooks will be advanced to 400MHz.

Following the approval of its PC2700 (DDR 333MHz) under the international memory module standards shortly after its launch in June 2001, TwinMOS once again impresses the industry with its PC3200.