Welcome to the third issue of the Virtium Technology e-letter. Our goal is to bring you vital ideas and information that you can use. We welcome your ideas, too. Please send any feedback or suggestions to us at info@virtium.com   In This Issue: August 2007 1. www.RAMpedia.com 2. 4-rank DIMMs  3. Memory Industry News Spotlight DDR2 SO-DIMMs with heat-spreaders Get a complimentary Dilbert 2008 calendar by visiting www.RAMpedia.com   RAMpedia is a DRAM memory encyclopedia and memory toolbox that saves you time by providing technical information on motherboards, chipsets, memory modules and DRAM components. It is also an informational website and technical engineering database to enhance your knowledge of DRAM memory technology and to stay informed with current memory industry news. Adding BIG MEMORY to system design BIG MEMORY DIMMs have 4 chip selects on a single memory module and are  called 4-rank or quad rank DIMMs. 4-Rank DIMMs offer more flexibility than 2-rank DIMMs and provide system designers with one or more of the following feature/benefits: 1) Increased system memory capacity 2) Solutions to memory controller limitations 3) Market advantage of using today’s DRAM density to achieve next generation density 4) Higher Performance 5) Lower memory module costs 6) Increased memory speed and bandwidth 7) Reduced motherboard real-estate needed for memory subsystem 8) Decreased system power consumption . We invite you to learn more about this important subject, and get a Dilbert 2008 calendar. Read More... Memory Industry News   Z-RAM Zero-Capacitor DRAM memory technology licensed to Hynix Read More...   Intel IDF conference on September 18-20, 2007 in San Francisco, California Read More...   AdvancedTCA Summit on October 18-19, 2007 in Santa Clara, California Read More...   Intel Readies Research Papers On Programmable Multicore Architectures Read More...   Intel Backs Specification For Low-Cost Blade Servers Read More...   AMD Unveils DDR3 "Socket G3 Memory Extender" (G3MX) technology to increase system memory Read More...   Filling the holes on the highway to a healthy AdvancedTCA ecosystem Read More...   JEDEC DDR3 Workshop on October 3-4, 2007 in San Jose, California Read More...   Tell us what you think If you have questions about the newsletter or would like to submit a suggestion, send us a note. To unsubscribe, please send a reply e-mail with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line of your e-mail or send email to info@virtium.com. Thank you. Virtium Technology, 30052 Tomas, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 Phone: 949.888.2444 www.virtium.com