Crucial using Infineon chips on 512MB DDR sticks

[NeelyMSU]

I ordered a stick of 512MB DDR from Crucial. When I opened it and looked at the chips, they said Infineon on them. Since when has Crucial started using Infineon?

I ordered some PC133 about 3 weeks ago and it was micron chips.

Here is the code on the chips: HYB25D256800AT-7. They appear to be 7ns, not the 7.5ns that Crucial says. Do you think that I will be able to overclock at a higher fsb b/c of the Infineon chips?

Thanks for the replies.

 

[boyRacer]

Aren't infineons generally better at overclocking anyways? Mushkin uses infineon chips...

 

[thermite88]

<< will be able to overclock at a higher fsb b/c of the Infineon chips? >>

I can overclock to higher FSB using my 512MB Infineon DDR than a pair of Crucial/Micron 256MB sticks. The chance is that you will probably OC higher too.

The Infineon are faster chip than the Micron, 7 ns vs. 7.5 ns. And Infineon uses 0.17 micron waffer, compared to the Micron's 0.18.

 

[NeelyMSU]

sweet! I find it odd though that crucial is using infineon, since micron owns crucial.

Thanks.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

may be Micron find that buying ram chips from Infineon is cheaper than manufacturering them, or they don't have good yield on 256Mbit ddr ram chips.

 

[Draco]

I just ordered a 512mb DDR Crucial stick and got it yesterday. I was expecting Infineon chips, but when I looked at it, it had the trademark MT on each little chip, so I'm pretty sure I got Micron chips on my 512mb dimm from Crucial! I don't know if that's any better or not then the Infineon's.

I haven't put it in my machine yet, so we'll see how she works

 

[phoenix79]

This was discussed recently. This is from the crucial FAQ



<< Why did I receive memory that wasn't made by Micron?


Description:

Why did I receive memory that wasn't made by Micron?

Solution:

Although Crucial Technology is a fully owned and operated division of Micron, we obtain memory from other suppliers on rare occasions. We only sell memory made by other manufacturers if Micron does not make a particular type of component or if Micron is out of stock of a particular part and will not have the product available in the near future.

All of the non-Micron memory we sell is fully tested and qualified before we make the product available to our customers. >>






Phoenix

 

[GTaudiophile]

I'm running one 512MB DIMM of Crucial PC2100 DDR at the moment. I can't remember what was written on the chips, and I ain't taking it out to look. All I know is that it works and I have yet to use more than 36% of my physical memory.