super chip with quadruple memory capacity

Metaram, a new start up company is set to announce a technology that overcomes traditional server memory limitations and allows users to quadruple memory without adding new hardware.

The ability to plug four times the memory into a slot on a motherboard is very attractive and allows servers to perform better, said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Insight 64. "If you can put a terabyte of memory in a system, your entire Oracle database can sit in the memory. That's a rocket booster," Brookwood said.

It also results in cost savings, Brookwood said. Users can add four times the memory capacity without adding CPUs, he said.

Memory manufacturers can plug the chipset on existing memory modules, according to the company. Hynix and Smart Modular Technologies are supplying the technologies in the memory modules, according to Metaram.

a cheaper, better, chipset for our computer servers, definitely good news for business out there, whose system often crashes down due to lack of memory, but can't afford an upgrade due to the expensive cost.

source: Agam Shah, IDG News Service
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