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Purposes & Characteristics of Memory

Memory is installed on the motherboard in rows of circuit boards near the CPU. RAM is the primary storage that temporarily holds data and instructions as they are processed. There are different types of memory modules that plug into slots on the motherboard, including SIMMs, DIMMs, SO-DIMMs, and MicroDIMMs. Faster memory technologies include DDR, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4.

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Purposes & Characteristics of Memory

Memory is installed on the motherboard in rows of circuit boards near the CPU. RAM is the primary storage that temporarily holds data and instructions as they are processed. There are different types of memory modules that plug into slots on the motherboard, including SIMMs, DIMMs, SO-DIMMs, and MicroDIMMs. Faster memory technologies include DDR, DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4.

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PURPOSES &

CHARACTERISTICS OF
MEMORY
Computer Systems Servicing NC II
MEMORY
• SEVERAL THIN ROWS OF SMALL CIRCUIT BOARDS
SITTING VERTICALLY, PACKED TIGHTLY TOGETHER NEAR
THE PROCESSOR
MEMORY
• RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM)
• MEMORY MODULE
• PRIMARY STORAGE
• TEMPORARILY HOLDS DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS AS
THE CPU PROCESSES THEM
• WHATEVER INFORMATION IS STORED IN RAM IS LOST
WHEN THE COMPUTER IS TURNED OFF (VOLATILE
MEMORY)
CATEGORIES OF MEMORY
• DRAM (DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY)

STORED ON MEMORY MODULES, WHICH ARE


INSTALLED IN MEMORY SLOTS ON THE
MOTHERBOARD
• SRAM (STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY)
USED FOR MEMORY CACHE, AND IS CONTAINED
WITHIN THE PROCESSOR HOUSING
MEMORY PACKAGING (FORM FACTORS)
• SIMM – SINGLE INLINE MEMORY MODULE
• RIMM
• DIMM – DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE
• SO-DIMM – SMALL OUTLINE DIMM
• MicroDIMM
SIMM
• OLDER RAM MEMORY MODULE
• DEVELOPED BY WANG LABORATORIES IN 1983
• USED ON PCs THROUGHOUT THE 1980s and 1990s
• TYPICAL SIMM MODULE HAS 72 PINS
• MEASURES 4.25 INCHES IN LENGTH AND AN INCH IN WIDTH
• HAVE PINS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MODULE, BUT EACH
PAOR IS TIED TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE CONTACT
DIMM
• CAME ALONG IN THE 2000S TO ADDRESS SIMM
LIMITATIONS THAT AROSE WITH ADVANCING
TECHNOLOGY
• COMMON PIN CONFIGURATION IS 168 PINS,
OTHERS ARE 100, 144, 172, 184, 2014, 214, 240 PINS
• IT HAS INDEPENDENT PINS ON OPPOSITE SIDES
OF THE MODULE
• USED IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SO-DIMM
• ABOUT HALF THE LENGTH OF A REGULAR SIZE
DIMM
• USED PRIMARILY IN LAPTOPS, SOME DESKTOP
COMPUTERS WITH SMALL FORM FACTORS ALSO
USE SO-DIMMS TO REDUCE THE OVERALL SIZE OF
THE CASE
MicroDIMM
• SMALLEST VERSION OF DIMM
• USED WHERE SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED SUCH
AS IN SUBNOTEBOOKS OR SMALL FORM FACTOR
COMPUTERS
RIMM
• TRADEMARK OF RAMBUS INC.
• TWO NOTCHES
• EACH SLOT SHOULD BE OCCUPIED
DIMM SPEEDS
• MEASURED IN EITHER MHz (such as 800MHz) or PC rating(such as
PC6400)
• MHz IS NUMBER OF CYCLES (transfer rate)
• PC RATING
IS THE TOTAL BANDWIDTH (NUMBER OF BYTES) OF
DATA MOVING BETWEEN THE MODULE AND THE CPU

NOTE: ALL DIMM HAS 8-byte (64-bit) data path


SAMPLE RATINGS FOR DIMM
DDR DDR2 DDR3 DDR4

PC-6400 PC2-6400 PC3-16000 PC4-12800

PC-4000 PC2-5400 PC3-14400 PC4-14900

PC-3200 PC3-12800 PC4-17000

PC-2700 PC3-10600 PC4-19200


DIMM TECHNOLOGIES
• DDR (DOUBLE DATA RATE)

184-PIN CONNECTOR
• DDR2 (DOUBLE DATA RATE TYPE 2)

240-PIN CONNECTOR
30% LESS POWER
• DDR3 (DOUBLE DATA RATE TYPE 2)

240-PIN CONNECTOR
30% LESS POWER
TRANSFER DATA TICE AS FAST AS DDR2
• DDR4 (DOUBLE DATA RATE TYPE 2)
288-PIN CONNECTOR (DIMM), 260-PIN CONNECTOR (SO-DIMM)
POWER EFFICIENT

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