SSD are supposedly making similar inroads in the server space, for that reason. I don't think there's much IO in a server farm, apart from ethernet. Does DRAM d

SSD are supposedly making similar inroads in the server space, for that reason. I don't think there's much IO in a server farm, apart from ethernet. Does DRAM draw a lot of power? Intel's problem is backcompatibility: x86 spends silicon (and power) on it, but they can't give it up because it's their main selling point.