Re:8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75
by bryanlarsen on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:27AM
(#23336438)
RAM chips are and have always been measured in kibibits and gibibits since long before those two words existed. RAM modules are measured in gibibytes. In a desktop computer you typically use 8 XGb chips to make a single XGB module.
The confusion comes when you blur the distinction between chips and modules as they do in mobile. They either use single package modules created from multiple chips via 3D die stacking or they use single chip modules.
Re:8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75
by CydeWeys on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:01AM
(#23336721)
Thanks for the info. Clearly all my experience in this area is from the perspective of a consumer buying entire modules. I can't say I've ever dived down to the individual chip level.
The confusion comes when you blur the distinction between chips and modules as they do in mobile. They either use single package modules created from multiple chips via 3D die stacking or they use single chip modules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103