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Re:AMD Demonstrates Stacked 3D V-Cache Technology: 192 MB at... by nine_k on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:18AM (#27354871)
Alternatively, you could put the CPU core on top of RAM, closest to the heat sink.

You also don't want to run your CPU at 80°C, else the RAM will produce much more errors. (ECC is a must anyway, I suppose.)

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Re:AMD Demonstrates Stacked 3D V-Cache Technology: 192 MB at... by kevincox on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:25AM (#27354975)
You can definitely do that, but now your RAM is twice as far away from the CPU on average than if you put RAM on all sides. The best solution is probably some sort of hybrid where you put RAM on all side, but more on the bottom to balance the thermal effects and the latency.
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