Date: 17/03/2009

Hynix Semiconductor validates MetaRAM based 8GB DDR3 RDIMM

Hynix Semiconductor Inc has announced the validation of the HMT31GR7AUP4C, the world's first MetaRAM based 8GB 2-rank DDR3 RDIMM, on Intel's Nehalem CPU based Tylersburg-EP platform

When fully populated with 3 DIMMs per channel, the Hynix 8GB RDIMM operates at 1066MHz speed. The Hynix 8GB DDR3 RDIMM enables a maximum capacity of 144GB operating at 1066MHz in a dual processor Tylersburg-EP platform.

Hynix 8GB DDR3 RDIMM is targeted at high performance server memory. The 16GB DDR3 RDIMM based on MetaRAM technology is slated for introduction in the 3rd quarter of this 2009. The emerging LR-DIMM (Load Reduced-DIMM), the future standard for memory buffer, is expected to adopt performance objectives similar to MetaRAM.

Availability: Volume shipment to begin from second quarter of this 2009. Hynix also plans to receive Intel validation on 8GB DDR3 RDIMM operating at 1333MHz in the first half of this year.

Details on the Hynix 8GB DDR3 RDIMM validation can be found on the Intel web site at,

http://www.intel.com/technology/memory/ddr/valid/MetaRAM_selftest_validation.pdf