DDR4 samples made

[loki]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20110404093006_Hynix_Completes_Development_of_DDR4_Memory_Chips.html

"Hynix plans to start volume production of this high performance DDR4 product in the second half of 2012."

"The device works at the industry’s fastest speed of 2400MHz (2400Mb/s), which is also 80% faster than DDR3 1333MHz product. The Module product operates at such a low voltage of 1.2V and processes up to 19.2GB/s of data per second with a 64-bit I/O."

i've looked at the specs for ddr4.... supposedly it will require a fairly big change of how memory works and is accessed.

[Intrepidation]

Interesting. Looks like a big performance jump is their forecasts are accurate.

[Drew Dowdell]

While this is nice, they need to make sure it can be produced cheaply or it will take a while to take hold in the market. The biggest hang up today is not in RAM speed but in disk access. SSDs are still too expensive.

[Intrepidation]

SSDs are still very expensive especially if you want something resembling decent storage space. It's pretty inconvenient to choose between a patch for your game or your System32 folder.

[Drew Dowdell]

I'm interested in an SSD for battery life, but I'm not willing to give up capacity.... so I wait.

My machine is already decently fast for an ultralight laptop, but it's clear that the harddrive is the pinch point.

[Intrepidation]

The speed has me interested as well, but like you, I enjoy my capacity. I'm not willing to give up my 1TB of space for 120 GBs, and I'm not willing to spend five grand to get an SSD with more than 500GB.

[Drew Dowdell]

The speed has me interested as well, but like you, I enjoy my capacity. I'm not willing to give up my 1TB of space for 120 GBs, and I'm not willing to spend five grand to get an SSD with more than 500GB.

Then you'll be happy to know that 512gb SSD is down to just $1,284

Even if you bought two, you'd be over 1 TB for about the same price as 3 Dodge Shadows.

[Intrepidation]

What a bargain!

[loki]

think hybrid drives will catch on?

[loki]

Then you'll be happy to know that 512gb SSD is down to just $1,284

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20110328120740_Intel_Releases_High_Capacity_Lineup_Solid_State_Drives.html

600GB at $1069. All models include a limited 3-year warranty from Intel.

[PurdueGuy]

think hybrid drives will catch on?

Hybrid drives where it's one unit, or hybrid setups involving more than one hard drive? My work desktop (self-built) has a 90gb SSD OS drive + RAID10 array (4x750gb Caviar Black).

[loki]

think hybrid drives will catch on?

Hybrid drives where it's one unit, or hybrid setups involving more than one hard drive? My work desktop (self-built) has a 90gb SSD OS drive + RAID10 array (4x750gb Caviar Black).

one unit, like the seagate momentus XT.

[PurdueGuy]

think hybrid drives will catch on?

Hybrid drives where it's one unit, or hybrid setups involving more than one hard drive? My work desktop (self-built) has a 90gb SSD OS drive + RAID10 array (4x750gb Caviar Black).

one unit, like the seagate momentus XT.

It's a nice idea, at least until SSDs come down in price enough to push out standard drives for common use, but the reviews I've seen on newegg make me think they have some issues to work out still. I was looking at them ~1mo ago while considering an upgrade for my laptop.