MetaRAM now pumping 288GB of memory into Intel boxes

Super-charging memory shop MetaRAM has started talking up its beefy DDR3 modules.

MetaRAM's top customer Hynix has already taken delivery of the DDR3 MetaSDRAM, which allows server customers to pack far more memory inside their standard systems. For example, Hynix is hyping "the world's first" 16GB 2-rank DIMMs, which it demonstrated this week at the Intel Developer Forum. And it's going to ship 8GB 2-rank DIMMs based on the MetaRAM technology as well.

All told, you're looking at, oh, a tripling of the amount of memory than can slot into workstations and servers.

MetaRAM is led by Fred Weber, the former CTO at AMD. The company launched in February with its unique brand of memory stuffing technology.

To shove more memory on each DIMM, companies such as Hynix pick up the MetaSDRAM chipset, which slots in between a memory controller and DRAM. As a result, memory makers can pack up up to four times as many DRAMs onto standard DIMMs.

"The major benefit of DDR3 MetaSDRAM technology is that it enables this larger memory capacity without negatively impacting the operating frequency of the DDR3 memory channel like standard R-DIMMs," MetaRAM said in a statement. "It is the only technology that has been shown publicly to run 24GB of DDR3 SDRAM in a channel at 1066 million transactions per second (MT/s).

"Using three 16GB DIMM modules, users can achieve 48GB per channel, while other cost-effective solutions max out at 16GB per channel." MetaRAM, which sells DDR2 technology today, is offering up 4GB, 8GB and 16GB modules to interested memory makers. The 4GB and 8GB units go into full product in Oct., while the 16GB unit hits the streets in Dec.

You can expect to see Intel-based servers with between 144GB and 288GB of memory thanks to the technology

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