MBP i7 istat temperature question

My very first post!
anyways, quick question....i recently installed istat on my mbp and the temperature section lists 2 memory controllers, one is at ~36 C at the other at ~94 C. Why are there two memory controllers and why is there such a big temperature difference?? this is under light workload btw

reinstalled istat and now only showing one "memory controller" at "normal" temp.
perhaps the high temp. at ~94c caused the istat to freeze.
anyone else ever have this problem?

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