Hi, Matt.
-=> MATT MC_CARTHY wrote to ROY J. TELLASON <=-

 MM> The numbers are so screwed up on modern chips, I've given up completely
 MM> trying to understand them.   :-((

Ain't _that_ the truth?  Seems like there _could_ be some sort of
uniformity within the industry.

I've recently been purchasing an assortment of SDRAM dimms for use at
the NPO where I volunteer.  A lot of them are by Micron, and I've found
their stick-numbering code at the Micron website, but I haven't been
able to find their chip-numbering code.  Question came up about that
recently, when my favorite Ebay seller shipped me a 32MB stick in place
of a 128.

Even Micron's stick-numbering code isn't super-helpful, as it has info
on there about speed and latencies, but not the overall memory capacity.
Here's a 64MB stick - - it has "PC100-322-620" on the paper label, but
nothing directly points to it being a 64MB stick.

I could probably try to deduce the chip code by taking an assortment of
Micron sticks of various capacities, and tabulating and comparing the
numbers on the chips.  I've delayed doing that because the Micron
markings on the chips are quite difficult to read, even with a
magnifying glass. (Kinda like some of the Intel markings on their
chipsets).

- - -  JimH.

... Jim, why does everything these days have to be so danged complicated?-Bubba
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