Ever wonder what it looked like underneath rambus memory? 1 pic.

[kendogg]

I had one stick of 64mb ECC that was bent and unusable.. so out of curiousity... I decided to rip the ramsink off the module.. and this is what I saw...

All 4 chips are marked like so: SEC KOREA 916 KM418RD8C-RK80

I found it to be very neat and interesting that the chips are almost like mirrors.. in the pic you can see my finger(s).

I wonder if all rambus use these "mirrored" type chips..

 

[ai42]

I wonder if all rambus use these "mirrored" type chips..

What?! its silicon. Pure silicon, same thing you find under a P4 heatspreader and AthlonXPs (kinda but they used to have lazer engraving).

I don't think a lot of people realize this but nearly every chip in your computer goes through a very similar manufactering lithography process that your CPU does, just that CPUs get all the attention because they use much smaller interconncets, and it is a much longer more involved process.

 

[Vegito]

wow, its amazing how much those little pos puts out so much heat..

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: ai42

I wonder if all rambus use these "mirrored" type chips..

What?! its silicon. Pure silicon, same thing you find under a P4 heatspreader and AthlonXPs (kinda but they used to have lazer engraving).

I don't think a lot of people realize this but nearly every chip in your computer goes through a very similar manufactering lithography process that your CPU does, just that CPUs get all the attention because they use much smaller interconncets, and it is a much longer more involved process.

I think he's just stunned because by comparison SDRAM uses "matte" chips (because the core is facing toward the PCB on those, maybe?)

 

[ai42]

I think he's just stunned because by comparison SDRAM uses "matte" chips (because the core is facing toward the PCB on those, maybe?)

Actually if you want to crack a SDRAM chip sometime (hehe I've done it). The silicon is encased in ceramic, with an extremely thin layer of silicon. The ceramic serves to dissapate the heat and protect the extremely fragile silicon.

BTW kendogg cool pic thanks for showing us.

 

[Viper96720]

I didn't know samsung was korean. Thought they were taiwanese or chinese company.