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dimm slots and simm slots difference
Name: srinu1282 Date: July 14, 2009 at 22:28:49 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Input Devices
Comment:
what is the diffresnce between dimm slots and simm slots (not physically)
Name: TacitSphinx Date: July 14, 2009 at 22:39:42 Pacific
Reply:
Early memory modules were known as SIMMs or Single Inline Memory Modules and had a 32-bit data path. DIMMs on the other hand use a 64-bit data path, since processors used in personal computers including the Intel Pentium have a 64-bit data width.
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Name: srinu1282 Date: July 15, 2009 at 00:53:07 Pacific
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