• May 26, 2021

Memory Modules – An Intelligently Designed Circuit Board For Memory Chips

The memory modules are a broad term for RAM chips. It specifically refers to embedded dynamic random access memory modules mounted on a printed circuit board. 

There are different types of memory, but their main function is essentially the same, to put it roughly simply. The term modules are used to describe Simm, DIMM, and SO-DIMM memory. You can also use Flash Programmers for Maxim Integrated’s MCUs for extensive memory options.

What distinguishes the different types of memory is the voltage, capacity, speed, shape factor, and the different pin configurations that RAMs have. Memory-module is mainly used in personal computers, workstations, and servers. 

The different types of memory are the memory of the online double memory, the Transflash modules, the SIPP, SIPM, and DIMM memory. DIMM, or double online module, is used to designate RAMBUS memory (RIMMS) or SO-DIMM (smaller version of DIMM).

Memory modules used in desktop computers have become more advanced because technology has improved considerably. The first memory boards were not interchangeable with other product lines and were only good uses in specific systems. 

Simm, or single online module, was the first step forward of technology that allowed the memory to become more or less interchangeable. They used a 30-pin connector design and were installed in parallel. 

Simm cards, which came later, used a 72-pin design, were slightly larger, and were able to hold up to 256 MB of RAM. The subsequent advancement in memory technology has unveiled the DIMM, the double-line memory module, which stains a connector of 168 pins or 184 pins with a range of 8 MB to 1 GB.

Alisa Saucedo

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