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This is a short article about allowing RAM sizes that aren't powers of 2, like 24 GB or 48 GB instead of just the steps 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB. I initially thought this was going to be about using multiple states on the data pins to encode more bits per clock.
I thought it was going to be about non-binary RAM: RAM cells that store information in one of 3+ states.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can’t you use ternary internally but exposed binary to the system?
That's what PAM-4 signaling does. Quaternary signals can be easily broken up to binary ones on the other end because the bits divide cleanly. For the same reason why hexadecimal encodes binary very well. Signalling systems that don't divide cleanly into a number of bits are more complicated to work with; you need to group bits together into another group of terts[0] and assign states to each. It's less like "picking…
Gender pronouns for computer memory.
This is a short article about allowing RAM sizes that aren't powers of 2, like 24 GB or 48 GB instead of just the steps 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB. I initially thought this was going to be about using multiple states on the data pins to encode more bits per clock.
GDDR6X uses PAM-4 - I think it's the first memory technology to do so.
Can't wait to get my 1TB RAM that's actually only 931GB
So your 1TB is definitely 1000GB. But it's 931 GiB.
Some claim it was easier for consumers to understand factors of 1000 rather than 1024. But conveniently it also makes the number look bigger for no extra cost, so eh. I'd put my money on the later.
Can't wait to get my 1TB RAM that's actually only 931GB
Ah yes, the "advertiser's gigabyte". Sort of like a "baker's dozen" but in reverse.
But the computer doesn't report gigabytes (GB). It reports Gibibytes, GiB. Different units.
Not saying it's not a dumb situation, just why it's happening.
This is a short article about allowing RAM sizes that aren't powers of 2, like 24 GB or 48 GB instead of just the steps 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB. I initially thought this was going to be about using multiple states on the data pins to encode more bits per clock.
I thought it was going to be about non-binary RAM: RAM cells that store information in one of 3+ states.
This reads like an AI generated nonsense article.
> Overall, the release of the non-binary DDR5 RAM is a major milestone in the tech industry and is expected to have a significant impact on the way that devices are designed and used. It is likely that we will see a wide range of devices adopting the new memory technology in the coming years, as businesses look to take advantage of its many benefits.
https://openai-openai-detector.hf.space/ rates the article as 99.98% fake; I wonder if it is in fact an AI-generated summary of the Register article it links to.
(Edit to add: the same tool rates the source Register article as 99.98% real.)
Can't wait to get my 1TB RAM that's actually only 931GB
Ah yes, the "advertiser's gigabyte". Sort of like a "baker's dozen" but in reverse.