Intel's FB-DIMM, any kind of RAM will work for your contro..

External Since: Feb 05, 2004 Posts: 84

Intel is introducing a type of DRAM called FB-DIMMs (fully buffered).
Apparently the idea is to be able to put any kind of DRAM technology (e.g.
DDR1 vs. DDR2) behind a buffer without having to worry about redesigning
your memory controller. Of course this intermediate step will add some
latency to the performance of the DRAM.

It is assumed that this is Intel's way of finally acknowledging that it has
to start integrating DRAM controllers onboard its CPUs, like AMD does
already. Of course adding latency to the interfaces is exactly the opposite
of what is the main advantage of integrating the DRAM controllers in the
first place.

http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1082164553.html

Yousuf Khan

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External Since: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 23

A buffer is meant to reduce overall latency, not to increase it AFAIK.

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:48:44 GMT, "Yousuf Khan" <news.tally.bbbl67 DeleteThis @spamgourmet.com> wrote:

>Intel is introducing a type of DRAM called FB-DIMMs (fully buffered).
>Apparently the idea is to be able to put any kind of DRAM technology (e.g.
>DDR1 vs. DDR2) behind a buffer without having to worry about redesigning
>your memory controller. Of course this intermediate step will add some
>latency to the performance of the DRAM.
>
>It is assumed that this is Intel's way of finally acknowledging that it has
>to start integrating DRAM controllers onboard its CPUs, like AMD does
>already. Of course adding latency to the interfaces is exactly the opposite
>of what is the main advantage of integrating the DRAM controllers in the
>first place.
>
>http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1082164553.html
>
> Yousuf Khan