Micron has expanded the brand's extensive memory portfolio with Crucial DDR5-6400 Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM) and Clocked SODIMM (CSODIMM) memory kits to rival the best RAM. Although the memory kits target Intel's latest Core Ultra 200S (codenamed Arrow Lake) processors, they are compatible with any existing platform that leverages DDR5 memory.
CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs incorporate an onboard clock driver (CKD). Without diving too much into the technical aspect, the clock driver has an important role: It buffers the base clock signal between the memory controller and the memory chips. As a result, the signal's integrity remains intact, and the data rate is preserved. It effectively removes the processor's integrated memory controller (IMC) from the equation, allowing CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs to run at the advertised speed regardless of the quality of the IMC.
