http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/they just call him vexxer]]>Feb 25th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
"Coming in at number 1 this week is Better than Ezra. Coming in at number 2: Ezra".]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
Another tradeoff is, obviously, the need for extra chips. Chips are cheap, but having lots of pins (like this design requires) isn't. A denser circuit board could also lead to more layers = cost. The total cost is not going to be calculated as simply 4x the cost of the older chip.

I take issue with some of their marketing. They repeatedly claim that processors double in power every 18 months, and that dram capability requires 36 months to double... that I can believe. But, they claim that their technology closes this gap. This 4x improvement would help in 72 months, but doesn't address what happens in the 72 months after that... their controller goes to 16x?! It doesn't seem sustainable.]]>Feb 25th 2008 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 26th 2008 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 26th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
If so I hope it doesn't affect the speed or timing of RAM. I'd take faster ram over more ram.]]>Feb 25th 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Having slow ram just chokes your cpu. If your cpu runs at 3 Ghz and your ram runs at 1Ghz, theoretically your cpu has to wait for every 3rd cycle before the ram responds. This is just an elementary example and certainly not the case with modern cpus because of the said on-die cache which runs at the same speed as the cpu and program optimizations.]]>Feb 25th 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
So this new set of memory, will do very nicely for the average user.

Big gaming rigs and 3D stuff etc, no, lots of fast stuff is what you're gonna need to show off to your friends, and shave off that extra 5secs a year!]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/I have the same problem, I have no idea what ram speed does.

@david
thanks that helps a little bit]]>Feb 25th 2008 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Unless you mean people who read email in MS office I guess :]
]]>Feb 25th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
still with me? Now I also happen to be running 400MHz DDR2 RAM. How you get this number is just memory bus speed X 2 (because DDR2 RAM can access on the front and back (or up and down) side of each spike of the clock signal). So 400MHz / 2 = a memory bus speed of 200MHz. This means that my processor and RAM are running at the same bus speed, but does not have to be so. Most North Bridges these days can run asynchronous bus speeds, i.e. not 1:1. But keep in mind that a ratio greater than 1:1 (like 1:2, where RAM bus is faster) does not make your comp faster, because your CPU can't access that fast (so there is no need to buy ridiculously fast RAM!). On the other hand, less than 1:1 (like 1.5:1, where CPU bus is faster) makes your computer slower. Last step: the way you get the total 800MHz to match the CPU rated FSB is because most computers have 2 memory banks of two DIMMS (RAM sticks). 400MHz DIMM X 2 banks = 800MHz (kinda, not really; but that's how you computer memory throughput). Also, you usually have 2 slots per channel for a total of four slots. So if you only have 2 sticks of RAM, you want to put them in the A slot of each bank. Adding sticks to the B slots doesn't increase RAM speed, it only increases size (it may actually slow down, I don't know). Basically, what this MetaRAM tech is doing is adding another level to this, splitting each slot into four more, probably slowing it down a little.

whew. http://xkcd.com/386/. LOL!!! I need to get back to my paper...]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/lol.]]>Feb 26th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
if so fuck this comment system]]>Feb 25th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
Not to say that 8GB sticks aren't good enough, though.

Schweet.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
Disclaimer: These comments were merely made for comedic value and shouldn't be taken seriously.]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Maybe in the future when everything is 64-bit this will make more sense.]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
This is, grammatically, the worst sentence in the history of the internet :)]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/
http://www.mensa.org/]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/]]>Feb 25th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/Feb 25th 2008 2:04PM