At the NVIDIA GTC event that took place last week, leading memory maker Micron has shown their latest memory module, which is DDR5-8800 memory using MCRDIMM (Multiplexer Combined Ranks DIMM) that can be used in server machines in data centers.
What is interesting about this memory is its size. It comes with twice the height compared to normal memory, which houses up to 80 32Gb DRAM chips on both sides of this memory circuit board to load 256GB of memory and consumes 20W of power.
Although this memory design shows that it is present in one module, the way it works is as two memories that are moved in parallel. This allows data to be accessed faster, and also speeds up data transmission rates.
Micron said that although this memory is shown in a large form, they have plans to introduce this MCRDIMM memory in the form of a normal memory module so that it can be used in a 1U size server machine. In the meantime, this memory will reportedly be used in new generation server machines, such as those that will use Intel Granite Rapids processing chips and others that can support from 3TB to 6TB of memory without problems.
This memory has also been sent to certain data center companies to test its effectiveness in the industry before it is officially sold later.