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Jowi Morales

MSI optimizes affordable Intel 800 mobos for China's first homegrown DDR5 memory chips

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MSI B860 motherboards.

MSI recently listed several Intel B860 motherboards in China, including MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk Wi-Fi, MAG B860M Mortar Wi-Fi, and Pro B860M-A Wi-Fi. These boards are priced at RMB 1,699 (~US$235), RMB 1, 499 (~US$205), and RMB 1,299 (~US$180), respectively. But aside from these boards becoming available, Chinese tech outlet Sina (machine translated) claims that the BIOS files for these boards are optimized for ChangXin Memory Technology (CXMT) DDR5 memory ICs.

This could be an important milestone for the Chinese company, especially as it aims to capture a sizable chunk of the memory market in the coming years. It started production of DDR5 chips for consumers in late December 2024, and it’s the first company to do so locally in China. CXMT uses a less advanced node for production to ensure that it stays within the U.S.’s export restrictions, meaning these chips will be larger by around 40% versus those produced by other manufacturers like Samsung and Micron.

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