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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:07 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> normally a DIMM would have 8 or 16 RAM ICs, meaning that for a 4GB >> DIMM you need 8x 512mb ICs, or you could do 8GB by using 16 of them. > > But that would mean that an 8GiB stick for a desktop would cost $80 just > for the ICs. I can find 8GiB of RAM for $60 and cheaper, I bet, if I > poked my nose around. mass-volume pricing (1m units and above) is radically different from low to mid-volume pricing (1-10k). > Or maybe desktops don't need ICs??? desktops take DIMMs, not individual ICs. >> normally you get 2 (matched) DIMMS totalling 8GB. >> >> if you want *32* GB you get 2 matched DIMMs, but nobody in >> "mass-production" is shipping windows PCs or laptops with 32GB of RAM >> (and if they are it's DDR4) > You write that as though being dismissive of DDR4. where did you get that impression? > Why is DDR4 currently > unacceptable for one of your designs? where did you get the impression that i used any words which imply "unacceptability"? no it's much simpler than you imagined: there simply aren't any ***ACCESSIBLE*** SoCs which have DDR4... yet. "accessible" is defined according to the selection criteria listed here: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/picking-a-processor > Hmm, maybe you should invent an OpenSource IC? that's what the libre-riscv initiative is about. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
