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• DDR2 prices said to be bottoming out due to tight supply
  Wednesday 28 December 2005 – 05:53
  Samsung Electronics recently sent letters to its retailers indicating that the company's DDR2 shortage will last through the end of the first quarter of next year, market sources claimed.
• DDR2 will not gain traction until 1Q06
  Wednesday 19 October 2005 – 04:31
  Spot prices for all mainstream DRAM segments continued to trend down during the week of October 11-18 with prices for efficiently tested (eTT) memory seeing the greatest drop, at 3.18 percent on October 18.
• DDR2-667 memory going mainstream, DDR1-600 sampling
  Tuesday 12 July 2005 – 07:32
  System memory is entering a new phase with Samsung's announcement to shift mainstream DDR2 from 400 to 667 MHz devices. Performance memory maker Patriot will offer a speed upgrade for DDR2 to 1000 MHz and DDR1 to 600 MHz.
• Nanya: DDR2 shortage to increase to 30-40% this quarter
  Tuesday 24 January 2006 – 06:13
  With PC OEMs expected to increase their DDR2 penetration rates to 80% by the end of this quarter, Taiwan memory maker Nanya Technology predicts that the DDR2 shortage should increase to 30-40% in February, with related contract prices growing more than 10%, according to company spokesperson, Pei-lin Pai.
• A-Data sampling DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs
  Thursday 8 September 2005 – 03:30
  A-Data Technology, ranked by iSuppli as the number three third-party DRAM-module supplier in the world and number one in Asia, announced that it has started offering DDR2-533 (PC2-4200) and DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) Fully-Buffered DIMMs (FB-DIMMs) for testing and evaluation purposes.

• Comparing X38 Hardware, Part 1: DDR2 Motherboards*
  Wednesday 31 October 2007 – 12:20 in Hardware
  Enhanced features separate Intel's X38 from its acclaimed P35 Express, but last-minute revisions have delayed final-revision boards for several weeks. Was it worth the wait?
• Hardcore DDR2 RAM by Corsair, G.Skill, OCZ and Patriot*
  Friday 15 June 2007 – 04:20
  DDR3 will reach higher clock speeds than DDR2, but it doesn't yet outperform high-end DDR2 modules. We look at some of the best high-grade DDR2 RAM available.
• The DDR2 Joker Upgrades GeForce 6600*
  Wednesday 9 November 2005 – 06:00
  Everyone knows that NVIDIA is in the middle of a winner-takes-all fight with ATI, but did you know that this battle means better hardware for us all? NVIDIA has launched the 6600 with DDR2, to bring PCI Express graphics cards with good performance to the masses. At around £70, you get a lot of card for very little.
• Eight P35-DDR2 Motherboards Compared*
  Tuesday 19 June 2007 – 04:35
  With DDR3 platform testing behind us, we look forward to boards that support current-generation DDR2 performance RAM and next-generation FSB1333 processors. How do these stack up to older solutions?
• Overclocking 9 Value-Priced DDR2-800 Kits*
  Wednesday 21 February 2007 – 03:11
  High memory prices have traditionally plagued budget overclockers, but the release of "industry standard" PC2-6400 is bringing some relief. How do the latest modules fare?