Boise (ID) - Micron claims it has built the smallest DDR2 memory chip so far: The 1 Gb device has a die size of just 56 mm².

The company said the chip has been manufactured in 68 nm technology, Mass production of 68 nm DDR2 memory is expected to begin early next year with DDR3 products to follow in the second half of 2008.
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The availability of mainstream or high end 3D cards has always been more or less random. This is at least true for retail cards that constitute a tiny minority. Basically, there have always been two problems: on one hand the waiting time between a product’s review and its availability for sale can be between one or two months. On the other hand you have to consider the real and continued availability of those cards after this delay. This came to the fore during summer 2004 with the unavailability of the GeForce 6800 Ultra and GT as well as the X800 XT PE and XT.

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