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A longer time ago, sound cards used to have expandable RAM too. Go back far enough (486) and cache was off-chip on simms too!
by Nursie 3mo ago
A longer time ago, sound cards used to have expandable RAM too.
Go back far enough (486) and cache was off-chip on simms too!
- inigyou 3mo agoYep. Soldered is just the best manufacturing process (besides on-package). Moving things close together simply delivers better outcomes and that will always trump openness concerns.
- theodric 3mo agoI would imagine that something like LPCAMM2 for GDDR is entirely possible and will never, ever be seen because people already accept replacing an entire $10000 GPU to get another 32GB VRAM on the next generation, so why give up that guaranteed revenue stream?
- inigyou 3mo agoThat the highest performing option also creates the most lock-in is a happy accident.
- LargoLasskhyfv 3mo agoThat would be COAST as in 'cache on a stick', which wasn't that common. They usally came in 8 to 16 discrete chips with pins on both of their sides, to be soldered on board, or plugged into sockets. Plus one or two 'tag-rams' as chips of the same size. All depending on the chipset, its cache-controller, and which capabilities the board-maker decided to use/expose/support. Which sometimes the BIOS would get wrong, still :-)