I have seen a lot of instances where the interfaces are designed by using data suggested in the chip manufacturers literature buffered in experience. Many times a design of a mother board will never be seen by someone who knows what signal integrity analysis really is. David Lieby Siemens Medical Solutions, Ultrasound Division Mountain View, CA --- "Brown, Mike (Austin, TX)" <mibrown@xxxxxx> wrote: > I think you have nailed it:=20 > > "It seems to me that the only other possibility is > that some of these = > manufacturers didn't do their homework, and their > memory system designs = > are marginal." > > Another possibility is that they have used a > different routing topology = > for some reason and have tweaked their termination > to suit. I refer you = > to the above paragraph. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Bob McNamara > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:09 PM > To: Chris McGrath > Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: DDR termination > > > It's really all over the map, even with motherboards > using the same chipset. Some have no series term, > others have 10 Ohm or 22 Ohm. The parallel terms > vary from 27 Ohm up to 68 Ohm. Some use no series > term for address/command and have a small cap to > ground. Others have artwork for the cap but it's > not stuffed. > > I think one motherboard had no series term and a > 33 Ohm parallel term, while another (using the > same chipset and claiming the same memory speeds) > had no series term and a 68 Ohm parallel term. > > I would have thought that for a given chipset, there > would be some combination of resistor values that > would produce the best signal integrity. If I make > the rash assumption that all of these > implementations > work equally well, my conclusion is that the value > of the parallel termination isn't particularly=20 > critical. > > It seems to me that the only other possibility is > that some of these manufacturers didn't do their > homework, and their memory system designs are > marginal. > > Bob > > --- Chris McGrath <chris.mcgrath@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Bob, > >=20 > > I would guess that the series termination also > > varies. Does it? > >=20 > > -Chris > >=20 > >=20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bob McNamara > > [mailto:electronbob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:21 AM > > > To: 'si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > > > Subject: [SI-LIST] DDR termination > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > I was looking over motherboards at Fry's > yesterday > > and > > > noticed quite a wide variation in the resistor > > values > > > used for parallel termination: 27, 33, and 56. > > >=20 > > > Can anybody tell me why there is such a wide > > variation? > > >=20 > > > Thanks, > > >=20 > > > Bob > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > To unsubscribe from si-list: > > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > > in the Subject field > > >=20 > > > or to administer your membership from a web > page, > > go to:=20 > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > >=20 > > > For help: > > >=20 > > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the > > Subject field > > >=20 > > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > > > =20 > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > >=20 > > > List technical documents are available at: > > > http://www.si-list.org > > >=20 > > > List archives are viewable at: =20 > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > > or at our remote archives: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are > > viewable at: > > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > =20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go > to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the > Subject field > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > List archives are viewable at: =20 > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are > viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > =20 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go > to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the > Subject field > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are > viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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