Get ram manufacturer

Question

Does anyone know a way to programmatically retrieve the ram memory manufacturer?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Modern RAM chips have an additional EPROM on board that contains a lot of information about the RAM. The standard for this is SPD, or Serial Presence Detect. At least some versions of SPD include a JDEC manufacturer's code.

Look at this article for some introductory information on SPD. Not every RAM chip has the information you need, and not every BIOS exposes it, but the article should get you started on handling this stuff in those cases where it's possible.