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AMD Promises Memory Extender

Developing DDR3-based Socket G3 Memory Extender (G3MX) technology planned for the next-generation Opteron platform
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July 27, 2007 11:30 PM EDT
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AMD says it's developing DDR3-based Socket G3 Memory Extender (G3MX) technology planned for the next-generation Opteron platform in 2009 that will extend its total memory footprint and increase the performance of enterprise-class servers. How much it didn't venture to say but it's thinking virtualization and pervasive multi-cores. The widgetry is being developed with IC houses IDT and Inphi, which are planning to sell G3MX components and should allow the use of bigger memory capacities with standard DIMMs.

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AMD News Desk 07/28/07 12:03:32 AM EDT

AMD says it's developing DDR3-based Socket G3 Memory Extender (G3MX) technology planned for the next-generation Opteron platform in 2009 that will extend its total memory footprint and increase the performance of enterprise-class servers. How much it didn't venture to say but it's thinking virtualization and pervasive multi-cores. The widgetry is being developed with IC houses IDT and Inphi, which are planning to sell G3MX components and should allow the use of bigger memory capacities with standard DIMMs.