Triple channel

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Triple Channel (English for "triple channel") is a term from computing technology that is used for the technical description of data storage and represents a further development of the dual channel storage technology.

With triple channel 's ability is, inter alia, PC - chip sets and memory controllers referred to, at least three memory to operate parallel modules of the same capacity, thereby achieving a higher data transfer rate and an associated increase in performance. This requires three separate buses from the memory controller to the individual modules. The technology was only used on Intel mainboards with the X58 chipset and thus the socket 1366 and was replaced with Quad Channel from the next generation .

effect

The technology that already doubled the transfer rate with dual-channeling by accessing at least two modules at different times is now implemented with three modules, which results in the transfer rate being tripled. The latency times of the memory no longer have a major impact on the access time, which leads to the increase in performance. In order for this procedure to work properly, three modules of the same specification must always be used.

Processors supported

Intel Core i7:

  • Intel Core i7-9xx Bloomfield, Gulftown
  • Intel Core i7-9x0X Gulftown

Intel Xeon:

  • Intel Xeon E55xx Nehalem-EP
  • Intel Xeon E56xx Westmere EP
  • Intel Xeon ECxxxx Jasper Forest
  • Intel Xeon L55xx Nehalem-EP
  • Intel Xeon L5609 Westmere-EP
  • Intel Xeon L5630 Westmere EP
  • Intel Xeon L5640 Westmere EP
  • Intel Xeon LC55x8 Jasper Forest
  • Intel Xeon Wxxxx Bloomfield, Nehalem-EP, Westmere-EP
  • Intel Xeon X55xx Nehalem-EP
  • Intel Xeon X56xx Westmere EP