Memory
The CXL consortium has had a regular presence at FMS (which rechristened itself from 'Flash Memory Summit' to the 'Future of Memory and Storage' this year). Back at FMS 2022, the company had announced v3.0 of the CXL specifications. This was followed by CXL 3.1's introduction at Supercomputing 2023. Having started off as a host to device interconnect standard, it had slowly subsumed other competing standards such as OpenCAPI and Gen-Z. As a result, the specifications started to encompass a wide variety of use-cases by building a protocol on top of the the ubiquitous PCIe expansion bus. The CXL consortium comprises of heavyweights such as AMD and Intel, as well as a large number of startup companies attempting to play in different segments on...
Kingmax Hardcore Memory: Tiny BGA Reaches For Top Speed
Kingmax introduces DDR500 and DDR466 DIMMs based on "tiny BGA" memory chips. How do these new "Hardcore Series" small memory modules compare to the big guns in the...
14 by Wesley Fink on 3/9/2004AT News Update: DRAM Price Fixing
Recently disclosed documents along with the memory fluctuations in 2001/2002 have spawned a new set of US Department of Justice investigations against Micron, Samsung, Hynix and Infineon. We...
2 by Kristopher Kubicki on 3/2/2004AT News Update: DDR2 Memory Performance
With recent roadmaps and DDR2 information, we are starting to get a clear picture of where the new memory standard fits.
25 by Kristopher Kubicki on 2/25/2004New Memory Highs: Corsair and OCZ Introduce DDR550
Corsair was first out of the gate with DDR550, but OCZ soon followed with their PC4400 memory. Are the new Memory Speeds really useful or just there for...
13 by Wesley Fink on 2/19/2004OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2: The Universal Soldier
OCZ 3700 Gold was the first memory at AnandTech to reach DDR500, but it only came in Double-Sided 256Mb modules. The updated OCZ PC3700 Gold Rev. 2 adds...
5 by Wesley Fink on 1/1/2004OCZ PC3500 Platinum: A Return to the Fastest Timings
OCZ introduces new memory for the DDR400 to DDR466 range that can do very fast 2-2-2-5 timings. With all the recent memory introductions with slower timings, it is...
11 by Wesley Fink on 10/30/2003OCZ 4200EL: Tops in Memory Performance
Today, OCZ introduced 4200EL - the Highest Speed Memory that we have tested at AnandTech. Does the new OCZ 4200EL live up to its DDR533 Performance Rating? ...
45 by Wesley Fink on 10/13/2003Mushkin PC4000 High Performance: DDR500 PLUS
Mushkin is introducing a new revision of their DDR500 memory that claims great performance at DDR500 and fast timings at DDR400. How does it compare to the top...
11 by Wesley Fink on 9/26/2003Corsair TwinX1024-4000 PRO: Improving DDR500 Performance
Today, Corsair introduces an improved DDR500 with a cast aluminum heatsink and LED activity lights. We compare it to Corsair’s current PC4000 and the best of our DDR500 roundup.
17 by Wesley Fink on 9/15/2003Mushkin & Adata: 2 for the Fast-Timings Lane
Mushkin and Adata have taken a different approach to fast memory by providing memory that works at very fast timings at DDR400 to DDR433. How does it compare...
17 by Wesley Fink on 9/1/2003Searching for the Memory Holy Grail - Part 2
In Part 1, we determined the best Memory Configurations for the Intel 875/865 motherboards. Part 2 looks at the fastest memory available from a range of memory manufacturers...
77 by Wesley Fink on 8/26/2003OCZ 3700 GOLD: Building High-Performance Memory
High-Performance Memory manufacturers use many tricks to coax the highest performance from their memory products. We look at the some of the processes OCZ has used to turn...
68 by Wesley Fink on 8/7/2003Searching for the Memory Holy Grail: Part 1
One of the questions we are often asked is whether a particular motherboard can run with four DIMMs. With the Intel 875/865 Dual-Channel boards, we are realizing that...
42 by Wesley Fink on 7/27/2003865PE & 875P Memory Guide
After hours and hours of testing we have finally completed memory module testing on the most popular 865PE and 875P motherboards using the latest BIOSes available. Read on to...
10 by Evan Lieb on 6/9/2003Memory Module Technologies: TCP, EPOC and FEMMA
Recent developments in DIMM technologies allow unprecedented densities to be squeezed onto a low profile 1.2 inch DIMM. Join us as we take a look at the new...
0 by Andy Hui on 8/26/2002Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: April 2001 1st Edition
Higher bandwidth memory solutions fall in price once again, it's clear where the market is headed and PC133 isn't it. Find out what the best buys are in...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 4/1/2001Weekly Memory & Motherboard Price Guide: March 2001 1st Edition
It's Price Guide time and what a time it is to purchase memory and motherboards. The prices of Socket-A motherboards and the rest of the boards in general...
0 by Kiran Venkatesh on 3/2/2001Rambus DRAM Part 2: Performance
Last week we took a look at the theory behind the need for a higher bandwidth solution and illustrated that RDRAM was a solution that could potentially fit the...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/22/2000Rambus DRAM: Uncovering Facts & Burying Rumors
There is a lot of misinformation floating around the 'net regarding a little company known as Rambus and their extremely expensive memory technology. Would you believe that we...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/15/2000PC133 SDRAM Roundup - April 2000
For the first time in a year we take a look at the latest SDRAM modules out on the market and crown a winner. This time around the...
0 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2000