4 comments

  • kjs3 6 minutes ago
    Dataram, back in the day, made 'generic' core memory planes. That is, the had a relatively speaking simple electrical interface, and many vendors just implemented whatever was needed to hook it up to the vendors (usually) proprietary interface.

    I have a couple I've been (very) slowly trying to get working with a modern-ish microcontroller with USB connectivity.

  • Geof25 1 hour ago
    You can buy FRAM (Ferroelectric RAM) which are effectively the same thing just in smaller package. But I have seen them only about few kB. However the amount of R/W operations is effectively unlimited,
    • Neywiny 23 minutes ago
      You can get them up to 16Mb/2MB. Which is 1/128 what NOR flash comes in for a similar price and package. Certainly a trade.

      I think MRAM is the future though.

      • Joker_vD 17 minutes ago
        It is the future, and has been the future for almost 40 years already! I bet that's what the hoverboards will use inside their microcontrollers — gotta drive those portable fusion reactors reliably!
        • kjs3 11 minutes ago
          I though bubble memory was the future. Dammit, I missed another memo.
  • amelius 1 hour ago
    With the current DRAM shortages, this couldn't have come at a better time.
  • kristopolous 51 minutes ago
    I thought they meant bus width ...still impressed for entirely unexpected reasons.