ASUS está trabajando en un adaptador de RAM DDR4 para placas base DDR5

Con la escasez actual y quizás lo más importante, el precio bastante loco de la memoria DDR5, ASUS está trabajando en lo que podría llamarse una solución rápida para el problema, an adapter that would allow DDR5 motherboard owners to put DDR4 memory in their motherboards. It’s not what we’d call an elegant solution at this point, but it’s said it’ll be refined before it’s ready for retail—if it ever enters the market—since apparently the engineer that developed the adapter doesn’t always get to see his projects hit retail, as from our understanding he’s responsible for a lot of the more unusual products from ASUS’ ROG brand.

Dicho, considering that a lot of high-end Z690 motherboards only support DDR5, this might be an interim solution that makes sense for a lot of people until availability of DDR5 improves. There’s some complexity in making the adapter work though, as not only does it need its own power regulation, since DDR4 memory doesn’t have onboard power conversion components unlike DDR5, but there’s also the 2x 32-bit vs 64-bit bus to take into consideration as well. On top of this, the DRAM traces are obviously extended, which could lead to instabilities, which is why it’s apparently only tested with one type of memory right now, which appears to be G-Skill’s Tridentz Royal. A further limitation of the adapter is that it requires a special UEFI version to be installed that allows DDR4 memory to be used, but this might be the smallest issue in this “skunk works” project from ASUS’ ROG team.