Right on cue, Hynix is getting official with its latest 2-Rank 8GB DDR2 RDIMM, which features MetaRAM's MetaSDRAM technology. According to Hynix, the HYMP31GP72CUP4-C6 "effectively doubles the memory capacity of AMD Opteron-based and Intel Xeon-based systems," and better still, it improves power efficiency "by up to 30-percent" when compared to alternatives. Unfortunately, the price of the unit -- which is said to be available now in production quantities -- remains a mystery, but we are told that an 8GB DDR3 RDIMM using the same MetaRAM magic is slated to launch in the latter half of this year. [Via Electronista] ...