Pictures of Selected RAM Form Factors

 

SIMM (Single-Inline Memory Module). Used mainly in older computers; now considered obsolete.

 

 

 

DIMM (Dual-Inline Memory Module). The most common RAM form factor in use today. SDRAM and DDR-SDRAM are examples of two types of RAM using the DIMM form factor.

 

 

SO-DIMM (Small-Outline Dual-Inline Memory Module). Used primarily in laptop computers and other compact computing devices.

 

 

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module). Rambus is high-end RAM for mobo's using Intel's i820/i840 chipsets. It is very fast and very expensive.

 

 

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