Hardware News Roundup - February 2008

Kingmax Survives with DDR3 to 2000 MHz

It's been a while since we've seen any products from Kingmax in our labs, but this long-established performance player is moving forward with the latest high-speed parts.

Kingmax's enthusiast line now includes finned heat spreaders that have a similar appearance to the "brand C" modules Tom's Hardware has used in several reviews. The fins increase surface area for improved heat dissipation, and the DDR3 modules shown are rated at 2000 MHz data rate and 9-9-9-24 timings using 2.15 volts.

The company was also showing DDR3-2000 without heat spreaders, plus several other modules including a 2 gigabyte DDR3-1066 notebook part (SO-DIMM). The majority of the parts shown are already shipping, and Kingmax is ready to take orders on its DDR3-2000.

Kingmax DDR3-2000 with finned heat spreaders

New products include both PC and notebook modules