Thursday, September 6th 2018
Samsung Ready with 32GB DDR4 UDIMMs for Desktops, Paving the Way for 16GB Single-Rank
Samsung is ready with a 32 GB DDR4 UDIMM (unbuffered DIMMs) targeted at desktops. Dual-channel kits with these modules could let you max out the 64 GB memory limit of today's mainstream desktop processors, and 128 GB limits of Intel's Core X HEDT processors, with quad-channel kits. AMD's Ryzen Threadripper processors are advertised to support up to 2 TB of memory (including ECC support), so it should finally be possible to pack up to 256 GB of memory on Threadripper-powered machines.
The new M378A4G43MB1-CTD DDR4 UDIMM from Samsung is, unsurprisingly, a dual-rank module (x8 / x16 Organization or up to 2 ranks per DIMM and 2DPC configuration). It ticks at DDR4-2666 at a module voltage of 1.2 V. The module itself won't be much to look at, with a green PCB and bare-naked DRAM chips. It is is currently sampling to PC OEMs. It could also be possible for more popular memory manufacturers to get in touch with Samsung for the DRAM chips that make up this module. A single-rank variant of this module could finally make it possible for AMD Ryzen AM4 machines to have 32 GB of dual-channel memory at acceptably high memory clocks.
The new M378A4G43MB1-CTD DDR4 UDIMM from Samsung is, unsurprisingly, a dual-rank module (x8 / x16 Organization or up to 2 ranks per DIMM and 2DPC configuration). It ticks at DDR4-2666 at a module voltage of 1.2 V. The module itself won't be much to look at, with a green PCB and bare-naked DRAM chips. It is is currently sampling to PC OEMs. It could also be possible for more popular memory manufacturers to get in touch with Samsung for the DRAM chips that make up this module. A single-rank variant of this module could finally make it possible for AMD Ryzen AM4 machines to have 32 GB of dual-channel memory at acceptably high memory clocks.
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EDIT: I forgot to add my blazing fast x12 CDRom to my PII 400
First time i went banana with RAM was woth AthlonXP. 1.5GB on the nForce2.
There's someone out there now that started with 64KB chuckling :)
brazzersmultimedia happened.32mb P1 166 mhz -> 128 mb
P3 256 mb
P3 Dual 512mb
T-Bird 1333 512mb
1gb on my A64 s754
2gb on my s393.
4gb on my q6600
16gb on my 2700k
64 gb on my 1700.
4400+ Toledo a64 x2
32BG = $700.80NZD
64GB = $1401.60NZD
128GB = $2801.20NZD
and last but not least we have
256GB = $5606.40NZZD
But I can see them being a hole hell of a lot more expensive than that
But yes, my VMs can easily eat ~10 GB, plus coding tools, editing tools and modeling tools, and then Chrome eats 15-20 GB if I have a lot open. If I don't keep constantly closing stuff, I will run into 64 GB in no time.