Anand Parthasarthy clarifies that DDR is indeed Double Data Rate, and not Dynamic Data Rate as stated in the news item. The published item does not claim that only the P35 chipset can work with DDR3 memory. However, it is generally recognised that it was the introduction of this chipset by Intel that is giving the “push” to DDR3 in the mass market of the PC because the Intel chip family is the market leader. The development will inevitably prod the consumer end of the industry towards switching to DDR3 in the coming months. Since the “IT” page is meant to inform lay readers rather than specialists, it names products and devices that will impact their purchase decisions.

A gigabyte was explained as having 1,000 times more memory than a megabyte, to give readers a feel for the difference, just as a terabyte is 1,000 times bigger than a gigabyte. The exact definitions flow from the fact that measures of computer size are multiples of two. But throwing in these numbers is not a great help for most readers who want to be reminded how these memory sizes compare in size.

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