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http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2161)*
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Dual core processors and DDR2 memory mix quite well together, so does that mean quad core processors and DDR3 memory are to be married at the hip? In a word, yes. Slated to become mainstream in 2008, quad core processors from Intel and AMD face a potentially serious memory bandwidth crunch. As is usual in tech, it's the age old problem of one standard not scaling up to support the next. In this case, current DDR2 memory cannot scale high enough, or fast enough to meet all the demands of quad core processors.
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