A DDR SDRAM DIMM for a mainframe main storage subsystem has a plurality of
DDR SDRAMs on a rectangular printed circuit board having a first side and
a second side, a length (152 MM=6 inch) between 149 and 153 millimeters
and optimized at 149.15 mm or 151.35 mm in length and first and second
ends having a width smaller than the length; a first plurality of
connector locations on the first side extending along a first edge of the
board that extends the length of the board, a second plurality of
connector locations of the second side extending on the first edge of the
board, a locating key having its center positioned on the first edge and
located between 80 mm and 86 mm and optimized with a locating key 1.5 mm
wide centered at 81.58 or 85.67 mm from the first end of the board and
located between 64 and 70 mm and optimized with the locating key centered
at 67.58 or 65.675 from the second end of the board. Each DIMM has memory
regions comprising one of a plurality of physical entities hereafter
referred to as memory macros which are relocatable regions which contain
SP Keys and data set storage in the DIMM physical memory. These memory
macros SP Key regions define an arbitrary logic structure for main
storage which has a hard physical boundary.