Memory Basics

The Fully Buffered Dimm (FB-DIMM)

• FBD Intro Animation (ZIP, 12MB)
• Download the Spring 2004 IDF presentation by Pete Vogt at Intel: "Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) Server Memory Architecture: Capacity, Performance, Reliability, and Longevity." (PDF, 280KB)
• FB-DIMM Design Considerations (PDF, 1.6MB)

DDR2

• DDR2 Whitepaper - August 2004 (PDF, 565KB)
• DDR2 Server Animation (Windows Media, 4277KB) 
• DDR2 Workstation Animation (Windows Media, 4277KB) 
• DDR2 Production Readiness (PDF, 3.9MB)

Intel Platform Memory Validation

Fall IDF 2007 Presentations

• Why DDR3 is Important to Your Client and Enterprise System (PDF, 4.16MB) 
• DDR3 DRAM for Mobile Applications (PDF, 992KB)