ASUS is developing a DDR5 to DDR4 converter card - Shows working sample

[WYP]

Can't buy DDR5? Perhaps you can use DDR4 on a DDR5 motherboard!



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[Dark NighT]

That looks comical, its so huge and probably doesnt sit very well in the slot because its so tall and the memory weight could shake it lose from the socket if the pc is moved.


It's clever but does it really work? and if it does, does it add latency because of the longer distance from the memory controller on the cpu to the modules, so many questions.

 

[KingNosser]

Well it's a sample so not final bound to be far smaller, might be needed for some thou, persoanlly thinking i'll stick with ddr4 and get whichever CPU still uses it as an upgrade to tide me through several more years.

 

[Dark NighT]

Yep im thinking the same thing, im not after bleeding edge performance, i might slip in a 5800x as a last upgrade path for this x470 board before i retire it, but i wouldnt buy anything new with these shortages anyway, rather stick to what works for now.

 

[Warchild]

This is just an MVP (minimum viable product). I bet you the final release will be embedded into the mobo completely. You won't even know its there. I'd expect the circuits will be on the back side of the mobo protected by the armor that most ROG boards have these days.

 

[Dawelio]

This is just an MVP (minimum viable product). I bet you the final release will be embedded into the mobo completely. You won't even know its there. I'd expect the circuits will be on the back side of the mobo protected by the armor that most ROG boards have these days.

Kinda like this? :lol:

 

[Warchild]

Kinda like this? :lol:

Pretty much or even more discreet. Thats just an M.2/NVme storage addon though. I have one but dont use it.

 

[Dawelio]

Pretty much or even more discreet. Thats just an M.2/NVme storage addon though. I have one but dont use it.

That's kinda my point, that is just an M.2 SSD storage addon board. If that is that big in relation to the SSDs on it, just imagine how big this thing will be when thinking of an memory stick.

 

[Warchild]

That's kinda my point, that is just an M.2 SSD storage addon board. If that is that big in relation to the SSDs on it, just imagine how big this thing will be when thinking of an memory stick.

It will never be like that size. It defeats all logic. It will be embedded like some PLX chip or like your onboard Audio. However it could also and up being some connector which wraps around the memory stick like a glove to avoid excessive clearance etc. Maybe it will look like an extra heatsink.

MVP are rarely small in size. They are just there to make it work.