Samsung will launch 32GB LRDIMM RAM modules

HARDWARE ALL-ROUNDER Samsung claims that its 32GB load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM) will be the first of its kind to market in the second half of this year.

The modules will use 4Gb DDR3 chips fabbed at 40nm, which Samsung brought out earlier this year. The Korean company will target the 32GB LRDIMM modules at servers designed for virtualisation and cloud computing environments as well as other applications.

Samsung said that its prototype has 72 4Gb DDR3 chips with an extra memory buffer chip and claimed this will curtail memory subsystem power load by 75 per cent. It also said that memory capacity can be increased up to 384GB per processor and 1.5 times that of a 512GB server system equipped with standard 32GB DDR3 RDIMMs.

The LRDIMMs are rated at 1,333Mb/sec, about 70 percent faster than the previous speed of 800 Mb/sec.

"In developing the industry's first load-reduced module with 40nm-class DDR3 technology, we are underscoring our determination to combine the best of capacity and performance for the newest generation of servers," said Dong-Soo Jun, executive VP of memory marketing for Samsung's semiconductor business. µ