What the heck is SQRAM? I can't find any explanations anywhere. Googling for SQRAM gives this article as the top result and the one link to Advantech's website, which doesn't explain it either.
"SQRAM-brand DIMMs use the latest DDR4 DRAM devices from Samsung, and feature additional reinforcements to make them suitable for industrial applications"
Because it's just PR speak and it's made to be confusing to make it seem like a whole new thing instead of an invented name for something that's been on the market since the market exists: rugged/industrial components.
I suspect the non-ECC boards are in the "if you put a big enough order in, we'll design and ship the product". Of course, while non-ECC memory might not be popular with HPC, there might well be rugged products that need more memory and can't take ECC stuff, so they will pay the NRE rather than respin the whole motherboard.
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jordanclock - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - link
What the heck is SQRAM? I can't find any explanations anywhere. Googling for SQRAM gives this article as the top result and the one link to Advantech's website, which doesn't explain it either.willis936 - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - link
It's right there in the second sentence."SQRAM-brand DIMMs use the latest DDR4 DRAM devices from Samsung, and feature additional reinforcements to make them suitable for industrial applications"
SQRAM is a brand.
bill.rookard - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - link
It wasn't perfectly clear IMHO because it's so very similar to SDRAM naming. I was wondering myself...Ryan Smith - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - link
Yeah, it's all a bit silly in a way. Technically it stands for "Smart & Quality" RAM. But it's really just Advantech's way of branding their SDRAM.Manch - Friday, February 15, 2019 - link
I thought yall were selling RAM for a minute. :Dclose - Thursday, February 14, 2019 - link
Because it's just PR speak and it's made to be confusing to make it seem like a whole new thing instead of an invented name for something that's been on the market since the market exists: rugged/industrial components.wumpus - Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - link
I suspect the non-ECC boards are in the "if you put a big enough order in, we'll design and ship the product". Of course, while non-ECC memory might not be popular with HPC, there might well be rugged products that need more memory and can't take ECC stuff, so they will pay the NRE rather than respin the whole motherboard.