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Metaram shows 16GB DDR3 DIMMs
WE SHOWED YOU pictures of DDR3 Metaram in the early spring, back then it didn't officially exist. It does now, and just like it's older DDR2 cousin, it promises bigger and better DIMMs.
16GB, 8GB and 8GB with heatspreader Metaram DDR3 modules
What Metaram promises is quite simple, it emulates higher density DRAMs with lower density parts, meaning cheaper DIMMs. It also allows you to make lower rank DIMMs with more DRAMs than you should be able to, allowing for more DIMMs per channel.
The main difference between the DDR2 and DDR3 flavors of Metaram is that the DDR3 version only uses 5 Metaram chips instead of the 5+1 of DDR2. The DDR3 version works with a standard DDR3 buffer chip, and that farms out requests to the Metaram chips. In the DDR2 version, one type of Metaram sent requests out to the DRAMs directly, and that information was collated on the other type of Metaram part.
The new way is much cheaper to make, and only requires one part type, simplifying everything. You can use either TI or IDT buffers, likely more later as well. The end result is a solution for DDR3 that costs less than the DDR2 variant.
How large can it go? Today they showed off 8 and 16GB variants, and there is a 4GB one as well should you need it. If you have access to 2Gb DDR3 chips, you could make a 32GB DIMM, the Metaram chips support that density now. The 1 to 2Gb part crossover isn't likely to happen until 2010, so don't wait up for them to fall from the sky.
Speeds on it can go up to 1333MHz on 4 and 8GB modules, 16 is limited to 1066. It may be possible to get 16s to 1333, but that is not a certainty yet. In any case, 1066MHz parts should be out soon, with bigger and faster variants when demand calls for them.
Metaram has done it again. They have made big, low-rank DIMMs for a low price on the newest server memory standard, and done it with only a slight latency penalty. There were 2S Nehalem boxes on the show floor with 144GB of RAM in a 2U box, so if you need huge memory configs, Metaram can likely supply them. ยต
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This looks awsome on an updated i-RAM. When can we have it?
Wow, 144GB? Why, that's almost enough to run that piece of cr*p that Microsoft believes is an OS! And to think that in my yoof, a VAX/VMS system with 4MB (11/780) was more than enough to perform real work for my employer of the time.
Gigabyte's best product by far at any time, was the iRAM, merely limited by the technology of the time. With these DDR3 MetaRAM modules, we could have 32-128GB iRAM drives in a couple of years, putting them only slightly behind the the SSDs in terms of capacity but far ahead in terms of performance. Combined with the SATA 3.0 specification, this would provide an awe inspiringly fast memory storage solution, which could be designed to work in conjunction with an SSD for when power failures occur.
Looks Good & faster is just piece of time, as wiring seems done deal. although strange maybe this is good enough for NT6, needing lots o' space, yet not that quick about it. Put it in your 790GX with DAT new extra side brain & controller or pumpa da 6 gb/s salon, for that lift off, ?reserve speed. drashek PS Charles, You need deeper RED on your Card, Also wouldn't Head Waiter be Primary Duty?.tom.