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DRAM is just one level in the memory hierarchy and it can absolutely be tested by the other levels in the system. It won't be continually monitored, and there will be a performance…

Are DIMMs (a.k.a. UDIMM) still a thing? I would think most servers and workstations would be RDIMM (Registered DIMM) by now and consumer stuff uses soldered down memory. Memory fai…

> $150k in today's dollars. They were very, very expensive. It's very expensive for a hobbyist, but not very very expensive for a professional lab, which I think would be the targe…

I think it's fair to say absorbing functions onto the CPU die, reducing the part count of motherboards, was a natural evolution of the PC and made sense. So I don't really fault In…

Just out of curiosity, what is the change and how are you measuring its rate? From no internet to internet the change is pretty profound. But my job is already very automated for t…

> On a performance-per-watt basis, Apple is still behind an Nvidia card with the juiced up power consumption, and when you dial back the power draw, Nvidia cards are miles ahead of…

No. It's always been about power efficiency. Apple's GPU are very good in that area just like the CPU. https://arxiv.org/html/2502.05317v1 Apple vs. Oranges: Evaluating the Apple S…

No. And even during covid the all cause mortality rate was below pre 90s rates. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189670/death-rates-for-a... The highest cause was heart disease …

I don't know, I found Sedra/Smith to be an excellent introduction. But personally I think the whole Sedra/Smith vs Razavi argument is basically vi vs emacs for EEs.