DDR3 Metaram spotted
6 Apr 2008 | 14:21 BST
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HYNIX HAD A surprise at IDF, DDR3 Metaram. This bodes well for being able to stuff a monumentally stupid amount of RAM into a Nehalem box.
Aside from being a bit earlier than most people were expecting, there is little groundbreaking news here, it was expected. This version uses 1GBit DDR3 chips, Hynix of course, to make an 8GB two-rank DIMM.
DDR3 Metaram DIMM
One other bit that you can deduce from reading between the lines is the Nehalem memory configuration. Hynix listed 144GB/CPU @ 1066MHz and 96GB/CPU @ 1333MHz, so that would be three and two DIMMs per channel at the respective speeds. Now you know. µ
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