DRAM
G.Skill on Tuesday introduced its ultra-low-latency DDR5-6400 memory modules that feature a CAS latency of 30 clocks, which appears to be the industry's most aggressive timings yet for DDR5-6400 sticks. The modules will be available for both AMD and Intel CPU-based systems. With every new generation of DDR memory comes an increase in data transfer rates and an extension of relative latencies. While for the vast majority of applications, the increased bandwidth offsets the performance impact of higher timings, there are applications that favor low latencies. However, shrinking latencies is sometimes harder than increasing data transfer rates, which is why low-latency modules are rare. Nonetheless, G.Skill has apparently managed to cherry-pick enough DDR5 memory chips and build appropriate printed circuit boards to produce DDR5-6400 modules with...
Samsung Shrinks LPDDR5X Chips by 9%, Now Just 0.65mm Thick
Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry's thinnest package. Samsung's shrunken memory packages measure approximately...
7 by Anton Shilov on 8/5/2024JEDEC Plans LPDDR6-Based CAMM, DDR5 MRDIMM Specifications
Following a relative lull in the desktop memory industry in the previous decade, the past few years have seen a flurry of new memory standards and form factors enter...
19 by Anton Shilov on 7/23/2024Samsung Validates LPDDR5X Running at 10.7 GT/sec with MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 SoC
Samsung has successfully validated its new LPDDR5X-10700 memory with MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity platform. At present, 10.7 GT/s is the highest performing speed grade of LPDDR5X DRAM slated to be...
0 by Anton Shilov on 7/17/2024Micron Expands Datacenter DRAM Portfolio with MR-DIMMs
The compute market has always been hungry for memory bandwidth, particularly for high-performance applications in servers and datacenters. In recent years, the explosion in core counts per socket has...
5 by Ganesh T S on 7/16/2024Micron: U.S. Fabs Will Start Operating in 2026 - 2029
When Micron announced plans to build two new fabs in the U.S. in 2022, the company vaguely said both would come online by the decade's end. Then, in 2023...
2 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2024Micron Ships Crucial-Branded LPCAMM2 Memory Modules: 64GB of LPDDR5X For $330
As LPCAMM2 adoption begins, the first retail memory modules are finally starting to hit the retail market, courtesy of Micron. The memory manufacturer has begun selling their LPDDR5X-based LPCAMM2...
13 by Anton Shilov on 5/8/2024JEDEC Extends DDR5 Memory Specification to 8800 MT/s, Adds Anti-Rowhammer Features
When JEDEC released its DDR5 specification (JESD79) back in 2020, the standard setting organization defined precise specs for modules with speed bins of up to 6400 MT/s, while leaving...
14 by Anton Shilov on 4/22/2024Samsung Unveils 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X Memory - The Fastest Yet
Samsung today has announced that they have developed an even faster generation of LPDDR5X memory that is set to top out at LPDDR5X-10700 speeds. The updated memory is slated...
6 by Anton Shilov on 4/17/2024Corsair Enters Workstation Memory Market with WS Series XMP/EXPO DDR5 RDIMMs
Corsair has introduced a family of registered memory modules with ECC that are designed for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and Intel's Xeon W-2400/3400-series processors. The new Corsair WS DDR5...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2024Report: Impact of Taiwanese Earthquake on DRAM Output to be Negligible in Q2
Following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Taiwan on April 3, 2024, there was immediate concern over what impact this could have on chip production within the country. Even...
2 by Anton Shilov on 4/10/2024SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond
SK hynix this week announced plans to build its advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The move can be considered as a milestone both for the memory...
7 by Anton Shilov on 4/5/2024Samsung Unveils CXL Memory Module Box: Up to 16 TB at 60 GB/s
Composable disaggregated data center infrastructure promises to change the way data centers for modern workloads are built. However, to fully realize the potential of new technologies, such as CXL...
17 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2024HBM Revenue Poised To Cross $10B as SK hynix Predicts First Double-Digit Revenue Share
Offering some rare insight into the scale of HBM memory sales – and on its growth in the face of unprecedented demand from AI accelerator vendors – the company...
6 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2024Report: SK Hynix Mulls Building $4 Billion Advanced Packaging Facility in Indiana
SK hynix is considering whether to build an advanced packaging facility in Indiana, reports the Wall Street Journal. If the company proceeds with the plan, it intends to invest...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/26/2024Construction of $106B SK hynix Mega Fab Site Moving Along, But At Slower Pace
When a major industry slowdown occurs, big companies tend to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capacity related investments. This is exactly what happened to SK hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster...
8 by Anton Shilov on 3/23/2024Micron Samples 256 GB DDR5-8800 MCR DIMMs: Massive Modules for Massive Servers
Micron this week announced that it had begun sampling of its 256 GB multiplexer combined (MCR) DIMMs, the company's highest-capacity memory modules to date. These brand-new DDR5-based MCRDIMMs are...
4 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2024SK Hynix Starts Mass Production of HBM3E: 9.2 GT/s
SK Hynix said that it had started volume production of its HBM3E memory and would supply it to a customer in late March. The South Korean company is the...
3 by Anton Shilov on 3/19/2024Rambus Preps Updated RCD for Server-Grade DDR5-7200 Modules
Rambus has introduced its fourth-generation registering clock driver (RCD) chip for server-grade DDR5 memory modules. The updated RCD chip brings support for higher clockspeeds on DDR5 RDIMMs, allowing for...
7 by Anton Shilov on 1/3/2024G.Skill and V-Color Unveil Factory Overclocked ECC RDIMMs for Ryzen Threadripper 7000 [UPDATED]
UPDATE 11/24: Demu, our reader with sharp eyes, notified us that Gigabyte had published a list of overclockable RDIMMs with ECC and AMD EXPO profiles supported by its TRX50...
7 by Anton Shilov on 11/23/2023