3/4: 4 GB RAM chip

Undertoad · 03-04-2001, 11:01 AM

This is a 4 GB RAM chip being currently developed. Ain't technology amazing? (But Win95, Win98 and WinME won't be able to use it since they all have a 512MB limit.)

tw · 03-04-2001, 05:21 PM

Whose 4 Gb is it? Who is currently leading in memory advancement?

adamzion · 03-04-2001, 06:34 PM

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This is a 4 GB RAM chip being currently developed.

Ah, I ain't impressed. Give MS enough time, and they'll produce an OS which will run on a PC which has a 100 GHz CPU and 4 of those 4 GB RAM chips like Win 3.1 did on a 386SX-25 with 4 MB.

You <b>know</b> it's true,
Z

alphageek31337 · 03-05-2001, 03:19 PM

you have to wonder, are we really just looking for a quicker, shinier way to screw up?

tw · 03-05-2001, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by adamzion
Ah, I ain't impressed. Give MS enough time, and they'll produce an OS which will run on a PC which has a 100 GHz CPU and 4 of those 4 GB RAM chips like Win 3.1 did on a 386SX-25 with 4 MB.

You <b>know</b> it's true,

MS, et al already had software that will bring new hardware to its knees. This was even true before Windows 3.1. MS had artifical intelligence for DOS that would place suggestions on the command line as you typed in C:\ prompt commands. It worked much like Netscape 4.x browser's URL entry. However PC hardware was not up to the task - so the artifical intelligence was never implemented in DOS.

The concept of Windoze was due to PC video hardware that was not up to the task of graphical interface demands made by Windows. It is also why Intel finally got pissted at the memory industry and promoted Rambus. It is also why Intel, Compaq, Cisco, and Microsoft all but sued the Telcos for impeding the installation of xDSL. It is why Microsoft sued US West for refusing to provide ISDN. Hardware is always behind what the current software demands are.

Which returns to the question of who is leading the charge in memory development these days.

Undertoad · 03-05-2001, 07:19 PM

That 4GB chip is Samsung. They are preparing for volume production of the 4GB chip in 2004.

Chewbaccus · 03-07-2001, 10:22 AM

Either that, or buy out whoever does.

~Mike

russotto · 03-08-2001, 07:57 PM

Is it obselete yet?

elSicomoro · 03-08-2001, 10:13 PM

I think it's guaranteed to be top-of-the-line until next Tuesday.

03-04-2001, 05:21 PM	#2
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Re: 3/4: 4 GB RAM chip Whose 4 Gb is it? Who is currently leading in memory advancement?

03-05-2001, 03:19 PM	#4
alphageek31337 Enemy Combatant/Evildoer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 263	ram leak you have to wonder, are we really just looking for a quicker, shinier way to screw up? __________________ The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ---Friedrich Nietzsche

03-07-2001, 10:22 AM	#7
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	re: Adam's post Either that, or buy out whoever does. ~Mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

03-04-2001, 11:01 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This is a 4 GB RAM chip being currently developed. Ain't technology amazing? (But Win95, Win98 and WinME won't be able to use it since they all have a 512MB limit.)

03-05-2001, 07:19 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That 4GB chip is Samsung. They are preparing for volume production of the 4GB chip in 2004.

03-08-2001, 07:57 PM	#8
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Is it obselete yet?

03-08-2001, 10:13 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I think it's guaranteed to be top-of-the-line until next Tuesday.

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