SMART DRAM for Telecom Applications by Penguin Solutions

SMART DRAM Memory for Networking & Telecom Applications

Problem Statement

Features & Benefits

• Industrial Reliability: All products undergo SMART’s in-house thermal processing, anti-sulfur passive component integration, vibration-resistant underfill, retention clips, and conformal coating, ensuring high operational robustness in challenging conditions.

• Versatile Product Portfolio: Wide selection of form factors and densities, ranging from 2GB to 64GB for DDR4, and up to 64GB for DDR5, supporting both legacy and next-generation networking devices.

• Special Features:

• Anti-sulfur passive components for extended environmental protection.

• Component underfill and module retention clips for shock/vibration resilience.

• Conformal coating for moisture and contamination safeguarding.

• Long-Term Support: Commitment to legacy supply, technology support, and extended product availability for missioncritical deployments.

• Cost Efficiency: In-house testing and qualification reduce lead-times and total cost of ownership, balancing performance and reliability for scalable deployment.

Networking and telecom infrastructures demand memory modules that guarantee reliable operation under harsh conditions and continuous workloads. These environments require high-performance, robust, and versatile memory with support for diverse device types— routers, switches, firewalls, and streaming servers.

Maintaining long-term supply and technical compatibility are also factors and important considerations for memory in telecom and networking applications. Memory deployed in such sectors must withstand environmental stressors like heat, humidity, shock, vibration to support 24-7 mission-critical networking functions.

Solution Overview

SMART Modular Technologies addresses networking and telecom memory challenges with a broad portfolio crafted for industrial-grade reliability and flexible deployment.

The product lineup includes proven DDR5 and DDR4 modules—RDIMMs, VLP RDIMMs, Mini RDIMMs, UDIMMs, SODIMMs, and specialty modules.

These form factors and technologies are suitable for a variety of routers, gateways, VPN/ firewall servers, Ethernet switches, streaming multimedia servers and switching platforms in telco environments.

Modules are engineered for extended lifecycle support and are robust against sulfur contamination, moisture, vibration, and temperature extremes. Special features like component underfill, module retention clips, and conformal coating deliver a solution that excels in demanding telecom environments.

These characteristics ensure that SMART DRAM modules deliver proven performance, reliability, and longevity demanded by critical networking and telecom deployments.