Kingston DDR4

2019: Beginning of sales of DIMM DDR4 Server Premier with a capacity of 32, 16 and 8 GB

On August 9, 2019 it became known that Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the company in the field of production of memory and development of technological solutions, began sales of the registered DIMM DDR4 Server Premier with a capacity of 32, 16 and 8 GB which work at speed of 3200 MT/page. Modules are capable to realize completely the potential of the processor of the second generation of AMD EPYC (also known under the name Rome).

The modules Kingston Server Premier are developed especially for use of all advantages of eight-channel server microarchitecture of AMD. Thanks to an indicator 3200 MT/with, frequency of work of the memory of the last generation maintained by a processor family of AMD EPYC, each module DIMM provides the maximum capacity of 25.6 GB / page. When grouping for multichannel work performance considerably will grow. It is important for modern servers of which intensive use of memory is characteristic.

For memory of Server Premier the fixed set of components (Bill of Materials) is used that provides constancy in quality and control of work of DRAM and also passes careful dynamic testing which allows to eliminate possible errors at an early stage – at the plant before delivery. The solution Kingston to imitate workloads directly on motherboards, similar subjects which are set in data processing centers of clients became a key component of process of production tests.

Features of Server Premier:

• The closed bill of materials (BOM)
• The notification on change of a part (PCN) in 45-90 days
• Check on compliance to the server platform
• Qualification of leading manufacturer of motherboards for servers
• Speed of DDR4 is within 2400 - 3200 MT / with
• Lifelong guarantee
• Service and support, best in the industry

Modules of memory 3200 MT/with were carefully tested, checked and ready to deployment on servers using Rome, the EPYC AMD processor of the second generation. OEM manufacturing and the leading world data processing centers trust Kingston, and server solutions of Premier become the standard. We closely cooperate with clients and partners, providing them technical support and access for maximizing performance of memory in data processing centers,

The module list which were already available for sale:

2016: Server modules of memory DDR4 Kingston

Important indicators of modern server platforms, in addition to large volumes for data storage, the efficiency and fault tolerance are. At the same time the easiest way of increase in overall performance of a system, with simultaneous reduction in cost of ownership of the equipment, is upgrade of server memory.

Beginning of mass implementations of DDR4 not far off

The RAM used in server platforms differs from "normal" in the bigger capacity and the increased reliability.

In the market the set of types of server RAM is available: with control of parity, register, low-voltage, memory of LR DIMM. However, different types of memory are usually incompatible among themselves and cannot be installed in one server.

When choosing server memory it is necessary to proceed from tasks which are carried out by the server. Not less important criteria are:

• full compatibility with the necessary server platform;
• performance;
• reliability;
• availability in the market.

Besides, you should not forget also about such indicator as energy efficiency. The more the amount of RAM of the server, the higher it a share in total energy consumption and, respectively, in the total cost of ownership.

As standards change

As of March, 2016 the most popular server memory is memory of DDR3 standard. However noticeable increase in demand for server memory of DDR4 is already observed. And this fact gives the grounds to predict that to the middle of year growth of server memory of the new standard concerning memory of DDR3 will be about 30%.

The trend of transition to the new standard of server memory is especially noticeable among large DPCs and telecommunication companies. Therefore, making decisions on upgrade of infrastructure, it must be kept in mind what began mass implementations of DDR4 not far off, and modules of memory of different standards are incompatible.

Advantage of memory of the new standard are significantly big capacity and speed. The organization of the DDR4 chip allows to receive 16 independent banks of memory that is twice more, than at DDR3. Besides, the architecture of the new standard allows to cut by half time of access to any lines of memory which are in different banks in comparison with memory on DDR3 chips. The DDR4 technology allows to release memory modules with a frequency from 2133 to 4266 MHz, and the capacity of modules can theoretically reach 512 GB.

In addition, DDR4 has big fault tolerance and differs in more effective energy consumption. Standard operating voltage is 1.2 V here, at the same time "low-voltage" modules will be able to work at a tension only of 1.05 V that is 30% less than standard tension for memory of DDR3.

Lineup of server modules of memory of DDR4 Kingston

As of 2016 in a line of Kingston 17 different positions of modules of memory, including the following are provided:

• Standard register ECC memory for the majority of server platforms with a capacity of modules of 4, 8, 16 and 32 GB.
• Sets (whales) of memory on 4 modules with the general capacity of 16, 32, 64 and 128 GB. The developer recommends them for a complete set of the server of initial level with a possibility of its further upgrade.
• Specialized memory of Server Premier in modules passed expanded test with a capacity of 8 and 16 GB for compatibility with the most popular server platforms. Unlike a conventional memory, in Server Premier completely fixed list of the components used at its production throughout the entire period of production is offered. At this memory the partnomer differs: for example, Server Premier KVR21R15D4/16HA where HA specifies that chips of Hynix company and only audit of A are used. These modules are ideal for the medical equipment, database servers, storage systems, the high-performance systems.
• The specialized modules of memory for server platforms of Intel with 100 percent compatibility with servers of Intel which passed expanded test according to requirements of Intel company and having a certain partnomer — for example, KVR21R15D4/16I, where I — Intel. In this line modules with a capacity of 8 and 16 GB and sets from 4 modules with a general capacity of 32 and 64 GB are available.
• Memory of LR DIMM which allows to increase the capacity and speed of work at decrease in load of a system. This memory is recommended to be used when it is necessary to achieve the maximum capacity of memory at the maximum volume.

The memory configurator on the website Kingston allows to find the memory modules completely compatible to a specific server system and also to pick up an analog of memory of Kingston to the module of other producer.

Why Kingston?

Kingston is the largest company in the world on production of RAM working at this market since 1987. All modules of memory Kingston have a lifelong guarantee.

Modules of memory pass tough test — more than 35 intermediate tests at all production phases. Including Burn-in testing: emulation of three-months work of memory in the high-loaded server (24 hours under the maximum load at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius). As a rule, any modern semiconductors, in case of problems with their quality, cease to work in the first three months. Testing of Burn-in allows to eliminate memory which can theoretically fail for this period.

Kingston has the tough quality standards: 0 "beaten" cells. 1 "beaten" storage cell means fault of the module. Here to be necessary to note that the module with a capacity of 16 GB contains more than 136 billion cells. At the same time, unlike most of other producers which test modules selectively Kingston checks each module.

Joint surveys and developments in the field of memory with the largest developers of server platforms and components throughout all operating time of the company allow to implement quickly new technologies and to try to obtain 100 percent compatibility.

Server memory of Kingston is available across all Russia. The company cooperates with the largest Russian distributors and gives an opportunity to order RAM with server platforms and component parts from one supplier, their list can also be found on the website of the company.

Kingston supports and in every possible way promotes legalization of the Russian IT market therefore urges the clients to buy memory only from official suppliers in order to avoid purchase of "grey" or counterfeit memory.

The representative office of Kingston in Russia provides individual marketing support of large server partners, provides the unified programs for partners of different level, will organize trainings and training courses. The company also holds technical advices on the correct selection of server memory and its configuring and provides examples of server memory for testing under specific projects.

Response time of staff of representative office of Kingston on the arriving requests is minimized. It is possible to address in technical support by phone number 8-800-700-1350 (a call free across Russia) or by e-mail ru_support@kingston.com. The company also widely uses Internet communications, has Russian-language accounts in social networks and professional communities. The corporate blog of the company is available to specialists.

The text is prepared with assistance of Kingston