MetaRAM quadruples DDR2 DIMM capacities, launches 8GB DIMMs

jmke · 25th February 2008, 18:28

Since its launch in January 2006, the only thing that has been publicly known about former AMD CTO Fred Weber's new venture is its name: MetaRAM. Clearly, the stealth-mode company was working on something to do with RAM, but what? As of today, MetaRAM is finally ready to talk about its technology, and it appears to be a pretty solid evolutionary step for the tried-and-true SDRAM DIMM module. In short, MetaRAM's technology enables DIMM capacity increases of two or four times, so that a single DDR2 MetaSDRAM DIMM can hold 4GB or 8GB of memory while still being a drop-in replacement for a normal DIMM.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...8gb-dimms.html

26th February 2008, 00:47

Interesting news, had no idea they were active in that area. Have to wonder if they can / will carry this over to DDR3. Seems to absolve any need for FB-DIMMs...

25th February 2008, 18:28	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	MetaRAM quadruples DDR2 DIMM capacities, launches 8GB DIMMs Since its launch in January 2006, the only thing that has been publicly known about former AMD CTO Fred Weber's new venture is its name: MetaRAM. Clearly, the stealth-mode company was working on something to do with RAM, but what? As of today, MetaRAM is finally ready to talk about its technology, and it appears to be a pretty solid evolutionary step for the tried-and-true SDRAM DIMM module. In short, MetaRAM's technology enables DIMM capacity increases of two or four times, so that a single DDR2 MetaSDRAM DIMM can hold 4GB or 8GB of memory while still being a drop-in replacement for a normal DIMM. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...8gb-dimms.html __________________

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26th February 2008, 00:47	#2
Kougar Posts: n/a	Interesting news, had no idea they were active in that area. Have to wonder if they can / will carry this over to DDR3. Seems to absolve any need for FB-DIMMs...