Patriot developing high-speed DDR5 RAM that guarantees speeds up to DDR5-7200 regardless of CPU IMC quality

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Patriot has revealed an engineering preview of the company's upcoming CKD DDR5 memory, which will compete with the best RAM on the market. The big news is that Patriot has installed a clock driver (CKD) with the DDR5 memory module to help increase the JEDEC speed to DDR5-7200 and unlock higher overclocking ceilings, too.

A clock driver is a small chip whose primary function is to serve as a buffer between the memory controller and chips on the memory module. It isn't a novel idea, nor is Patriot the first to do it. TeamGroup did the same thing with its mainstream Elite and Elite Plus lineups.

Patriot developing high-speed DDR5 RAM that guarantees speeds up to DDR5-7200 regardless of CPU IMC quality — unlocks higher overclocking potential, too | Tom's Hardware

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The secret lies in a small clock driver (CKD) chip.