DDR

American  

abbreviation

1. German Democratic Republic: official name of East Germany.

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DDR British  

abbreviation

1. Deutsche Demokratische Republik (the former East Germany; GDR)

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Etymology

Origin of DDR

From German D(eutsche) D(emokratische) R(epublik)

Example Sentences

The Nvidia DGX GB300 server rack uses 20 terabytes of the very expensive high bandwidth memory, or HBM, in addition to another 17 terabytes of the more common double data rate memory, known as DDR.

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Other types of DDR are used in a range of electronics, including smartphones, PCs, and cars.

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For every one gigabyte of HBM, the memory makers lose the capacity for three gigabytes of DDR memory, a ratio that is set to rise with the next generation of HBM.

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Complicating things, Nvidia has shifted to using low-power DDR in its DGX GB300 to save on server electricity budgets.

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This puts memory demand from Nvidia servers into direct competition with high-end smartphone makers, which use the same DDR chips.

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