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To: Tom Warren who wrote (73048)	9/24/1999 10:08:00 PM
From: grok	Respond to of 1571455

RE: <Samsung lists 256M byte RIMMS as validated, I presume with 16 chips. The max memory situation is the same with either 2 or 3 slots. What am I missing?> Yes, I'm asking the same question. 512MBytes is a hard limit due to the Rambus protocol device address field of 5 bits. You'll never have more than 512MByte with 128MBit chips and you only need 2 slots.

To: Tom Warren who wrote (73048)	9/24/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571455

<Samsung lists 256M byte RIMMS as validated, I presume with 16 chips. The max memory situation is the same with either 2 or 3 slots. What am I missing?> You must mean the double-sided RIMMs, where 16 chips are placed on both sides of the module. I've heard about them, but I didn't really try and confirm their existence. Perhaps there isn't very many of those double-sided RIMMs around. And that's quite a shortage, considering the lack of even single-sided RIMMs out there. I'm sure we'll find out more this Monday. Tenchusatsu