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There used to be a product called ZeusRAM which was a small (like 8GB) SSD with a matching amount of DRAM. In normal use all operations were done on the DRAM, a
by snuxoll 4y ago
There used to be a product called ZeusRAM which was a small (like 8GB) SSD with a matching amount of DRAM. In normal use all operations were done on the DRAM, and when power was lost it would use charge held in a super-cap to flush the data out to the NAND.
Haven't seen any purely volatile drives, though.
- jonatron 4y agoThe Gigabyte i-RAM from 2005/2006, featured in a LTT video.
- andai 4y agoSo when power is restored it restores the RAM and turns back on like nothing happened?
- snuxoll 4y agoCorrect.
- birdyrooster 4y agoOh wow lol, this reminds me of Windows Vista days and Microsoft’s ReadyBoost for using a USB flash drive as extra memory for disk caching because it was hammering peoples disks. Good times.