Revolutionizing Memory Performance: Montage Unveils New 1st Generation DDR5 Clock Driver Chips for Client Memory

Montage Technology, a leading data processing and interconnect IC company, has announced the successful trial production of 1st-generation DDR5 Clock Driver (CKD) chips for next-generation client memory. This new product is designed to improve memory data access speed and stability to keep up with the increasing speed and performance of CPUs.

In the past, clock driver functionality was integrated into Registering Clock Driver (RCD) chips used for server RDIMM or LRDIMM modules, rather than being deployed to PCs. However, with data rates exceeding 6400 MT/s in the DDR5 era, the clock driver has become essential for client memory.

Montage’s CKD chip is primarily used in DDR5 client memory modules such as CUDIMM, CSODIMM, and CAMM, to buffer clock signals between the client central processor and DRAM, ensuring the reliability of high-speed clock signals. The chip complies with the JEDEC DDR5CKD01 specification, supports data rates up to 7200 MT/s, provides dual-sided bus address access, and features I²C and I3C interfaces. By configuring register control words