arstechnica.com — No, MetaRAM is not a modern-day version of "Memory Doubler" from the DOS days. Instead, the new fabless semi company has some hardware tricks up its sleeve that let it massively increase DDR2 DIMM capacities.
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Closed AccountFeb 25, 2008
Goddamn does anyone read the f**king articles on digg anymore? It draws less power than an FB-DIMM (about 2.5 compared to 5 - 7 watts) because it has technology that wakes up the proper areas of the RAM before its use. The article also states it rises linearly with use. So it probably pulls about as much as an equal amount of ram on two (3 or 4 for that matter) DIMMs with the same usage.Jesus christ Diggers, READ THE f**kING ARTICLES BEFORE POSTING.
stoanhartFeb 26, 2008
How is this possible useful for laptops? If you are doing work so intensive that it requires more than 4 GB of ram, you most likely should be looking at a high-end workstation.This is useful for servers, or people who work with multimedia.
Closed AccountFeb 26, 2008
what you think?
carlosguitarFeb 26, 2008
Finally I will able to run Windows Vista.
haterofps3Feb 26, 2008
So does this technology work with DDR3-DDR4 will this show up in future Graphics Cards and consoles or is this just patch work to the current generation of volatile memory?
acolyte357Feb 26, 2008
"The whole point of saying "50k" servers is to give you some realization of just how damned expensive these things are going to be." Err actually that would be rather cheap.
penguin64Feb 26, 2008
OK.. a little detail since most of you think the DIMM market revolves around Joe Home User and his WoW system and it doesn't seem many of you took the time to read their website... - MetaRAM's chips are sold to DIMM manufacturers (samsung, hynix, smart etc.) - You would just need to buy new DIMMs to take advantage of MetaRAM's technology - They should just drop in and work in any DDR2 RDIMM system- These DIMMs are Registered DDR2 DIMMs.. they ONLY work on Opteron's and some Xeon's- These DIMMs are targeted at Workstations and Data Centers - There is enormous need in 1U to 32U servers to increase memory - These are NOT for your everyday 32bit Windows XP user using WWW/email/WoW - If you have a Xeon or Opteron MoBo at home you can use these DIMMs- 32 bit OSs are limited to 4GB of physical memory - there are kernel flags in both 32bit Windows (server) and Linux to read more than 4GB of physical memory, but you take a performance hit due to address translation etc.- 64 bit OSs have their own physical memory limits set by the Microsoft/RH/Suse based on what they have tested and support - 64 bit CPUs support much higher amounts - 64 bit MoBos have their own limits based on chipset/rank #/dimm slots etc..- They are developing DDR3- these will NOT work in laptops, Athlon64, or Intel Core systems