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Old Dec 7, 2013 | 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by Dodge DeBoulet
Is the 16GB limit (i.e. 2x8GB DIMMs) I see on pretty much every laptop because that's the most that can be supported by the DIMM architecture, or is it simply that no one makes 16GB DIMMs (for 2x16GB = 32GB)?
Looks like the former in SODIMM format. You can't even buy desktop DDR3 RAM greater than 8GB; 16GB DIMMs are only available for servers (and they're eye-watering expensive). It could potentially appear when DDR4 is released to mainstream, but it could take a few years.
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