How to Read DDR5 CL Timings: Why 6000 CL30 Equals 10 ns
CL counts clock cycles, not time. One division — (CL x 2000) / data rate — separates DDR5-4800 CL40 at 16.7 ns from DDR5-8000 CL38 at 9.5 ns, and explains why bigger numbers can be slower.
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