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Lol, looks like Linus actually inspired them. I mean with the whole DDR industry acting corruptly to keep prices sky high, this seems like a reasonable way to a
by ukblewis 8y ago
Lol, looks like Linus actually inspired them. I mean with the whole DDR industry acting corruptly to keep prices sky high, this seems like a reasonable way to add some competition.
- white-flame 8y agoThere's no reason to believe this won't be sky-higher than current DDR4 RAM prices.
- wmf 8y agoIntel is saying it will be cheaper but they've raised prices before.
- lambda 8y ago> Lol, looks like Linus actually inspired them How so? Point to the quote?
- pitaj 8y agoLinusTechTips made a video recently taking about this. https://youtu.be/cwy4ujt0qHM https://youtu.be/cwy4ujt0qHM
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- linux2647 8y agoTotally thought GGP was referring to Linus Torvalds
- lambda 8y agoIt is quite unlikely that Intel was actually inspired by Linus of LinusTechTips. He's exaggerating for dramatic effect, just like the fake drama of not being able to find his RAM. Persistent memory is something that Intel has been working on for at least 5 years (https://github.com/pmem https://github.com/pmem), and given that that's the public face of the software side of it, they were likely starting to develop the hardware even earlier.
- mkhalil 8y agoI assume you mean Linus from YouTubes "Linus Tech Tips", and not Linus Torvalds. Surprised you wouldn't clarify that considering what website this is. Considering Intel's history, I wouldn't bet they direct their efforts based on a YouTube reviewer. Also, considering Intels very anti-competitive behavior (e.g [0], [1], [2]), I am wary of stating Intel entering the DDR industry will make it any less corrupt. [0]: https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5803442/intel-nearly-1-and-a-half-billion-fine-upheld-anticompetitive-practices https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5803442/intel-nearly-1-an... [1]: https://www.wired.com/2009/12/ftc-sues-intel-for-anti-competitive-practices/ https://www.wired.com/2009/12/ftc-sues-intel-for-anti-compet... [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osSMJRyxG0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osSMJRyxG0k
- B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago> Intel entering the DDR industry Eh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_1103 RAM was their 1xxx product line, EPROM was 2xxx, microprocessors 4xxx (later 8xxx, what with 8 glorious bits of data bus ...)
- jsgo 8y agoAre you talking about the LinusTechTips guy? I watched the recent video where he was using Optane and the results didn't seem like a major competitor to RAM unless I was misjudging it. Of course, it could be in that 1:1 RAM wins out, but Optane can put more memory within the space so that 1:1 becomes 16:1 or such at which point it wins out, not sure.
- proto-n 8y agoI think the main point is that optane can put more memory within your budget, and for some use cases it's a semi-suitable replacement for ram
- IanCutress 8y agoThis has been on Intel's roadmaps for years. Nothing to do with LTT.
- andromeduck 8y agoNo fucking way. The persistent main memory to replace dram older than Sebastian and this kind of thing takes at a decade to develop if you're lucky.