What Is SIMM (Single In-Line Memory Module)?
Modern computers need to have RAM installed on RAM sticks. This wasnt always the case, though, as DIMMs were invented in the 1990s. Because many chips were needed, a lot of space was taken up. TheSingle In-line Memory Module or SIMMwas designed to free up most of that space. The memory chips were installed on a separate circuit board and plugged into the motherboard at a perpendicular angle. The first generation of SIMMs used electrical pins that went into sockets like a large SIP chip....