Memory channels are one of those quiet design choices that can make a gaming PC feel snappy or strangely sluggish, even when the CPU and GPU look strong on paper. The difference between running a ...

I was idly looking at a ThinkPad X1 Carbon costing as much as my 13" MBPro, and I noticed it has 20 Gb of RAM. They're distributing them in one 4 Gb module soldered to the motherboard and one 16 Gb ...

One of the most fundamental problems in computing is the relationship between a CPU and its memory hierarchy. The problem, in a nutshell, is that fast, low-latency memory is extremely expensive and ...

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I'm talking about an Nforce2 board here, but the concept applies to other chipsets (intel). I know dual channel on AMD systems doesn't give much improvement, but can it be done with two randomly ...

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Last August, we discussed the launch of a new type of NAND memory design that eschewed PCIe slots or SATA interfaces in favor of attaching flash directly to the DIMM channel. Developed by Diablo ...

As I previously mentioned in an early-January post, late last summer I built up three systems for donation to a local charity for subsequent “back to school” donation to their clients (followed by ...