Double-sided vs. Single-sided memory module?

[Cuch]

Given the same module size, what are the advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of double-sided vs. single-sided SDRAM PC100 168 pin memory modules? Thanks in advance.

 

[Mday]

none.

 

[Gunbuster]

I guess less chips is better when looking at like sizes of memory

If it has less chip that means newer higher capacity chips that prolly overclock better

I would also think it's better to have less chips so you can design a cleaner PCB with good traces

But that's just my theory

 

[RZSupraTRD]

well, the chips might have a higher capacity, but the overall capacity is still the same. There are no realy advantages to haveing a double sided then a single sided or vice/versa

 

[Prodigy^]

one could think that, theoretically, the chips with higher density would get slightly hotter than the "old" ones.......but nah, it won't matter in real life

 

[AndyHui]

Is there? Each side gets it's own memory line. RAS was it? If you have 128MB on a double sided DIMM, with 64MB on each line, would that be accessed faster rather than having to look up the whole 128MB?

Correct me if I'm worng.....I don't understand RAM accesses to well...

 

[Cuch]

Interesting...