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DDR2 Roundup
by John Cook. (June 19, 2004)

DDR, DDR2, (G)DDR3
So what's the Difference (June 7, 2004)

TwinMOS Twister PC4000
but no margins .. (February 8, 2004)

High System Memory Density
Performance Nose-Dive For P4 Systems? We Don't really Think So! (October 26, 2003)

Registered ECC DDR400 Roundup
TSOP vs. BGA -- and Some Performance Issues (October 3, 2003)

OCZ PC3700 "Gold"
Or Was That Glitter Only? (July 10, 2003)

DDR 400 Roundup
The latest and greatest DIMMs out there. (May 6, 2003)

DDR II
DDR-II, Facts and Fiction (January 6, 2003)

RAM Stress Test Pro PCI
A Hardware-based memory tester in form of a self-booting PCI card allows for detailed localization of stuck bits (December 6, 2001 Review by MS)

High Performance DDR DIMMs
The second generation of DDR DIMMs outruns the current mainboards by a wide margin. Tuning the performance of the DDR platform, however, requires rethinking from what we know from SDRAM (July 17, 2001)
(Review by MS)

DDR Essentials, the rise of a new platform
BIOS issues, timing settings and the first roundup of DDR DIMMs on the web, including Micron, Mushkin, Hyundai and Samsung. (January 1, 2001)
(Review by MS)

Modding the Mushkin, the birth of Rev.3
Where is the performance bottleneck, is it the chips or the mainboard memory clock power?. Dec. 4, 2000
(Review by MS)

Inside the EDDR chip
Take a guided tour though the intricacies of a hybrid DRAM / SRAM memory chip. Nov. 27, 2000
(Review by MS)

150 MHz Dimms at CAS-2
Hall of Fame: High end dimm comparison.
(Review by MS)

Micron versus Rambus
Technology comparison.
(Review by MS)

Bandwidth vs. Latency
A performance evaluation of different memory bus speeds and latencies at 1 GHz
(Review by MS)

Corsair PC-100 256MB unbuffered DIMMs
Use of 8 bit parts allows to skip the buffer and running full capacity on Athlon and BX systems
(Review by MS)

Corsair PC133
Running 133 MHz at CAS-2 settings
(Review by bighammer and MS)

HSDRAM, new DIMMs from Enhanced Memory Sytems
Running 140 MHz at CAS-2 settings
(Review by bighammer)

ESDRAM Preview
A new memory technology provides double the utilization of the current DIMM-to-bus bandwidth.
Some cool animations that drove me nuts when I made them.

DIMMs and DIMMs
Why do some DIMMs work and others don't?
The quality issue and the matching of the individual chips may be the important factors.

Memory FAQs
The different types of memory are getting more and more difficult to understand. Here is a general description in layman's terms that everyone should read before getting into discussions about memory. DIMM FAQs
Ever wondered about PC-100, ECC, SPD, CAS latencies, just to mention a few?

DIMM Performance Comparison Chart
A big thanks to everyone who has contributed with their entries into the "guestbook". The first entries are now compiled into a table with some surprises :-)

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