DDR5 secretly splits every stick into two memory channels, but you still want a second one

By Adam Conway Published Jul 24, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT I'm Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA's Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor's thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I've been working in the tech industry in some way or another since 2017.