However, this spec will stand out in Intel's marketing materials and could help the chipmaker push Arrow Lake Refresh. Up until now, rumors have suggested that this refresh cycle will be a typical mid-cycle refinement with only slight increases in clock speed, so the new chips will need all the help they can get to compete with AMD's current and future Ryzen CPUs.
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thestryker However, it's worth noting that only CUDIMM support has been improved. For standard DIMMs or SO-DIMMs, the officially supported data rate remains at DDR5-5600 regardless of the rank design, consistent with the current Arrow Lake parts. CSODIMMs (SO-DIMMs with client clock driver chips, or CKDs) follow suit, maintaining a data rate of DDR5-6400 with no changes at all. JEDEC mandates CKD for 6400+ so there will never be any official support for anything that speed or higher without one. Reply
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