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What Are The Common Types of DRAM?

The common types of DRAM include SDRAM, RDRAM, DDR SDRAM, and subsequent generations of DDR SDRAM like DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4. SDRAM synchronizes with CPU clock speed, RDRAM was used in graphics cards and game consoles in the early 2000s, and DDR SDRAM nearly doubles bandwidth by transferring data on both clock signal edges. Newer DDR generations provide higher transfer rates and performance. The types of DRAM packages are SIMMs from the 1980s-90s, and current DIMMs with wider buses and more pins for increased throughput.

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What Are The Common Types of DRAM?

The common types of DRAM include SDRAM, RDRAM, DDR SDRAM, and subsequent generations of DDR SDRAM like DDR2, DDR3, and DDR4. SDRAM synchronizes with CPU clock speed, RDRAM was used in graphics cards and game consoles in the early 2000s, and DDR SDRAM nearly doubles bandwidth by transferring data on both clock signal edges. Newer DDR generations provide higher transfer rates and performance. The types of DRAM packages are SIMMs from the 1980s-90s, and current DIMMs with wider buses and more pins for increased throughput.

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What are the common types of DRAM?

 Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) “synchronizes” the memory speed with CPU clock


speed so that the memory controller knows the exact clock cycle when the requested data
will be ready. This allows the CPU to perform more instructions at a given time. Typical
SDRAM transfers data at speeds up to 133 MHz.
  Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) takes its name after the company that made it, Rambus. It
was popular in the early 2000s and was mainly used for video game devices and graphics
cards, with transfer speeds up to 1 GHz.
 Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of synchronous memory that
nearly doubles the bandwidth of a single data rate (SDR) SDRAM running at the same
clock frequency by employing a method  called "double pumping," which allows transfer
of data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal without any increase in
clock frequency.
 DDR1 SDRAM has been succeeded by DDR2, DDR3, and most recently, DDR4 SDRAM.
Although operating on the same principles, the modules are not backward-compatible.
Each generation delivers higher transfer rates and faster performance. The latest DDR4
modules, for example, feature fast transfer rates at 2133/2400/2666and even 3200 MT/s.

Figure 1. Types of computer memory.


What are the types of DRAM packages?
 Single In-Line Memory Module (SIMM)
SIMM modules were widely used from the late 1980s to 1990s, and are now obsolete.
They typically had 32-bit data bus and were available in two physical types—30- and 72-
pin.
 Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM)
Current memory modules come in DIMMs. "Dual in-line" refers to pins on both sides of
the modules. A DIMM originally had a 168-pin connector supporting 64-bit data bus,
which is twice the data width of SIMMs. The wider bus means that more data can pass
through a DIMM, translating to faster overall performance. Latest DIMMs based on
fourth-generation double data rate (DDR4) SDRAM have 288-pin connectors for
increased data throughput.
ECC memory vs. non-ECC memory
Physically, ECC memory differs from non-ECC memory (like what consumer laptop /
desktop RAM uses) in that it has 9 memory chips instead of 8 (memory chips are
used to store data that is sent to the CPU when summoned). ECC RAM’s bonus
memory chip is used for error detection and correction among the other eight
memory chips.

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