Wednesday, June 4th 2014
Apacer Mashes a DDR3 DIMM with an M.2 SSD
In what could be a boon for mini-ITX PC builders, Apacer created a new line of DDR3 memory modules that come with M.2 slots. Called Apacer Combo-SDIMM, the contraption puts a DDR3 DIMM and M.2 slot onto the same PCB. The DRAM portion is restricted to half the module's height, while the other half takes up the M.2 slot. Sadly, the M.2 slot is wired to through its SATA link layer, and not PCIe, so your SSDs are capped at 6 Gb/s speeds. Points for the engineering, though.
10 Comments on Apacer Mashes a DDR3 DIMM with an M.2 SSD
Letting the Ram and SSD be the same physical thing.
Skipping the part with M.2 connection on the side and only use the now a days standard RAM slots.
ITX boards get 2 SSD slots be default and ATX boards can get as much as 8.
Smart but not that useful in todays version