intel i7 vdimm topics collection

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vdimm - voltage of the RAM memory modules, usually tweaked by overclockers to achieve higher speed and performance

i7 - the brand name of the new Intel microprocessors. The microarchitecture of this new generation of processors has the memory controller built into the processor. 

the "Core i7 vdimm issue" talks about the fact that the voltage of the RAM modules cannot (and should not) be tweaked independently of the CPU voltage (vcore). Otherwise if the vdimm is raised too high and the RAM is "fried" the CPU will be "fried" too. This was not the case in previous microarchitectures because the memory controller was NOT built into the CPU itself. 

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Samsung builds a better, smaller 4GB DIMM

Posted Apr 23rd 2007 7:35PM by Donald Melanson Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

OCZ may have recently laid claim to the title of some of the world's fastest RAM, but Samsung seems to have found room to do a little boasting of its own, trotting out its first 4GB DDR2 DIMM based on WSP (or wafer-level-processed stacked package) technology. According to the company, that process not only makes the module smaller, but faster and more energy efficient as well. Not so clear, unfortunately, is what effect the seemingly cure-all technology will have on pricing or availability, with no word on either from Samsung as of yet.

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