Very few companies in the world actually make memory chips, but literally hundreds of companies sell memory modules. Some of these few companies are Winbond, Hynix (Hyundai), Micron, Samsung, Infineon (Siemens), Nanya, Mosel-Vitalic, and V-data/A-data.

Take a look at the markings on the chips of your memory. Each chip is covered with numbers and those numbers have tell what chips they are and may even have the logo and name of the chip maker. If your memory has heatspreaders, it will have to be carefully removed to see the memory chips.

Why does this matter? Well like motherboards, for example, not all brands offer the same performance and overclocking potential. The same goes for memory chips. So people (usually overclockers) seek out certain preferred brands of memory chips for their systems. Check your manufacturer’s website, they may or may not list what chips they use their modules.

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