Samsung unveils the first 32GB DDR3 RAM module

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Technology just keeps on increasing at a fairly speedy rate, and the glorious folks at Samsung are here to help us along with the next improvement; according to I4U, they have just revealed their latest RAM module, this one packing a modest 32GB.

The memory is DDR3, as mentioned, and is actually designed for servers; it's constructed using Samsung 50nm 4Gb DDR3 chips, and operates at 1.35 volts, whilst supporting the trend of keeping data center power usage to a minimum. I4U states that these modules manage to reduce power consumption by 20%, when up against 1.5V DDR3 modules, which can save a vast amount of money when you consider the size of data centers. It is mentioned that these modules are made up of a hefty 72 4Gb DDR3 chips that we mentioned before, which get lined up in sets of nine quad-die packaged 16Gb DDR3 chips, placed on each side of the module.

Unfortunately, pricing has not been released for these modules, nor has any information about a desktop or laptop variety, but according to Engadget, they're in the works as we speak (in an 8GB DIMM form, they say).

(3 replies) #1 ChrisJ1968 on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:05

wow, they just keep on getting bigger and bigger

#1.1 Shunik Jan on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:35

That's what she said

Just had to do it

#1.2 vraev on 19 Jun 2009 - 06:29

Shunik Jan said,

LMAO!!! I was sooo going to say that. :p

#1.3 Krome on 20 Jun 2009 - 01:22

lol neowin now spawns some pervs

(7 replies) #2 +Techno_Funky on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:34

Imagine this on your desktop PC rather than a server, stuff would load at a blink of an eye :|

#2.1 +Xerxes on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:38

But wouldn't it take ages to load when you first boot it up though? I'm sure it would be blazing fast once loaded but all your apps etc need to be loaded in there first

#2.2 +Techno_Funky on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:42

And also add a zing' of AD to it .... you'd never want to shut it down lol!

#2.3 boogerjones on 19 Jun 2009 - 10:16

No it wouldn't. Your hard drive is still the speed-limiting factor in your computer.

#2.4 -=imaak=- on 19 Jun 2009 - 10:56

These kind of memories wont work well with HDDs
u need a really nice SSD and sum nice processor to utilize and take advantage !

#2.5 HalfBrian on 19 Jun 2009 - 15:01

I would finally be able to run Firefox with some addons.

#2.6 Dr_Asik on 19 Jun 2009 - 20:36

HalfBrian said,

For a while. Eventually Firefox will use the whole 32GB.

#2.7 smithy_dll on 20 Jun 2009 - 13:00

So just use a RAM Disk then?

(2 replies) #3 Rev. on 19 Jun 2009 - 04:55

So...a bit confused, Samsung has made a 32gb stick for servers but we don't even have 4gb sticks yet for our home comps? Sorry if I misread something.

#3.1 RAID 0 on 19 Jun 2009 - 07:23

Oh, but we do. There's VERY expensive... and DDR2.
Check it

#3.2 +Smigit on 19 Jun 2009 - 07:29

There's a bunch of things servers get first since 99.9% of home users would never want to invest the kind of money required to get these parts.

(2 replies) #4 csin on 19 Jun 2009 - 05:07

Yeah, you might want to check your math on this one...

72 * 4Gb = 288Gb
288Gb / 8 = 36GB not 32GB (Including ECC)

#4.1 chemaz101 on 19 Jun 2009 - 05:23

the article says "lined up in sets of nine " therefore 288/9 = 32GB and also says 16gb placed on either side which also equals 32gb lol

#4.2 +omganinja on 19 Jun 2009 - 08:22

you forgot parity

(3 replies) #5 LiquidSolstice on 19 Jun 2009 - 08:38

Well great.

Now we're just that much closer to those touted 128 GB values that 64bit fanboys keep shoving in my face.

#5.1 -=imaak=- on 19 Jun 2009 - 10:57

LMAO
no fella
128GB is the limitation of the OS
not of the 64bit platform
on 64bit. we can add upto 1TB of ram...even more i think !

#5.2 rob.derosa on 19 Jun 2009 - 11:49

-=imaak=- said,

16.8 million TB to be precise

#5.3 skynetXrules on 19 Jun 2009 - 21:49

rob.derosa said,

or 16.8 exabytesssss !

#6 sorlag on 19 Jun 2009 - 11:03

Uuh, i need more money ^^

Want to upgrade my machine with all the nice things that come out these days

#7 Airlink on 19 Jun 2009 - 16:24

Workstation owners everywhere, rejoice.

#8 m.keeley on 19 Jun 2009 - 20:27

Considering how expensive 4GB sticks are I'd hate to think how much this goes for. I realise it's not aimed at the average user.

(2 replies) #9 Dessimat0r on 20 Jun 2009 - 00:47

Just dump the entire thing in memory off an SSD

Sequential reading directly into memory, mmm. They'd need to do a recode Windows 8 to support this properly, though.

#9.1 ev0| on 20 Jun 2009 - 05:08

I'm not sure if you're aware of this but even fast SSD drives (NAND Flash) are quite a bit slower than DRAM. I don't know exactly, but it's like an order of magnitude slower.

#9.2 RAID 0 on 20 Jun 2009 - 10:13

He's saying- make a ram drive and populate the RAM from the SSD.

#10 ACTIONpack on 21 Jun 2009 - 01:28

I bet the price tag will be in the thousands.

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