Micron prepares 16 GB DDR2 module

[Pinnacle]

Servers memory capacity will get a boost later this year with availability of 16 GB modules. Micron is currently sampling the devices, which are built in a 36x2x2Gb "twin-die" stack configuration. Commercial availability is planned for late 2006.



http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/29/16gb_ddr2_slated_for_late_2006/

[Deathspawner]

LOL. Holy crap is all I can say.

[n-sanity]

:o i wonder if c2d mobos will get a lineup refresh with support for this...

[[XC] hipno650]

yum is all i can say:slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :D

[Revv23]

wow, that would be cool.

great news for server market, maybe fast 2x2gb modules are closer then we think?

[Magnj]

Man I can't wait for Christmas.

1mbx2 AM2 chip
4 gigs of ram
X19xx

[[XC] MarioMaster]

16 gigs of ram on one stick.... damn.

[nn_step]

expect a price somewhere between $14,400 and $21,600 per module.
They better give a little something extra for that much :eek:

[eva2000]

dam you could buy a car or two with that price tag hehe.. but memory.. yuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm :D

[perkam]

That's really great. You get one 16gb module of ram for the price of 200 1GB modules (200GB).

And windows xp will still only read like ~2.9GB of it.

Perkam

[InSanCen]

That's really great. You get one 16gb module of ram for the price of 200 1GB modules (200GB).

And windows xp will still only read like ~2.9GB of it.

Perkam

LOL... true, though I suspect anyone running it will be running an OS that can take advantake of 3GB+, probably a Linux varient or 2K3 Server.

[BlackX]

LOL... true, though I suspect anyone running it will be running an OS that can take advantake of 3GB+, probably a Linux varient or 2K3 Server.

Or XS OS :D

[korby]

It's a big probability that those will be ECC Registred modules, so don't be so "happy"... just yet. ;)

[BlackX]

It's a big probability that those will be ECC Registred modules, so don't be so "happy"... just yet. ;)

who cares?

[korby]

who cares?
:stick: :hm: :slapass:

[nn_step]

who cares?
umm the server world. where people would actually buy something like that

[gOJDO]

its more expencive than my car. :)

[BlackX]

umm the server world. where people would actually buy something like that

LOL. Im talking about ppl on this forum. :stick: I mean: who cares if its registered or not. I dont give a damn cause it costs like a car.

[mr_knowitall15]

:o i wonder if c2d mobos will get a lineup refresh with support for this...
umm. no. First of all, i beleive the most the chipsets (965 and 975) can handle is 8GB. Second, As said, windows cant even really see more than 3... and i believe Vista MAY be able to do 16, but its gonna be a while before 4GB sticks are out. No one running a C2D will have/need/dream of this RAM. This is pure server. MASSIVE server...

[turtle]

My understanding is that ram was limited because of bit instructions of former cpus and operating systems. I know windows can only address 3gb, not 4gb for which I have no idea why, but...

32-bit processing is limited to addressing 4gb of ram (2^32B). 64-bit processors (now the norm) and 64-bit operating systems (ie win64/Vista64 which are slowly gaining acceptance) can and will be able to address somewhere closer to the theoretical 2^64B, which is a whole crapload of ram with a number I don't particularly care to calculate.

Perhaps I am wrong?

If not, as 64bit processing/operating systems become more the norm ram size per stick and per system should increase quite rapidly.

"We have the technology..."

[gOJDO]

the problem is not the addressing(which is 40bit or up to 1TB physical on the K8, Netburst and Core2). The problem is the density of the RAM chips implemented on the module and the safety of the stored data. Those chips are rare, I guess on the new 80nm production process.

[kenkerkutiv]

Give me 4 Please!

[turtle]

2^40 is 64gb (not 1000)...

Which would make sense. 4dimms...16gb a dimm. :)

Unless i'm off again somewhere or misunderstood.

[TimPrice]

2^64 2048 petabytes?