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DDR3 Memory

October 11, 2026 •
Year / Era2007u20132010s
Manufacturer / DeveloperJEDEC / industry
Architecture / PlatformDDR3 SDRAM
Socket / InterfaceDIMM / SO-DIMM
Memory / CapacityCommonly 800u20132133 MT/s
Status / UseLegacy / enterprise

DDR3 expanded bandwidth while reducing voltage versus DDR2 and became a dominant desktop, notebook, workstation and server memory standard.

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