Gaining RAM For Free, Through Software 68
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from the but-ram-doubler-is-old-news dept.
from the but-ram-doubler-is-old-news dept.
wakaramon writes with a piece from IEEE Spectrum about an experimental approach to squeezing more usable storage out of a device's existing RAM; the researchers were using a Linux-based PDA as their testbed, and claim that their software "effectively gives an embedded system more than twice the memory it had originally — essentially for free." "Although the price of RAM has plummeted fast, the need for memory has expanded faster still. But if you could use data-compression software to control the way embedded systems store information in RAM, and do it in a way that didn't sap performance appreciably, the payoff would be enormous."
You mean like RAMDoubler (Score:5, Funny)
The 80s and 90s called - they want their technology back.
Re:You mean like RAMDoubler (Score:5, Funny)
There, fixed it for ya!
Fools, download more! (Score:3, Funny)
I remember that... (Score:3, Funny)
You just use a hole punch on your page file, and you can write to it from the other side!
Re:You mean like RAMDoubler (Score:5, Funny)
Customer: "32 megs."
Tech Support: "Are you using any RAM doubling software?"
Customer: "Yes."
Tech Support: "So you have 16 megs of actual, physical RAM?"
Customer: "No. I have 8 megs. I installed [a RAM expanding product], and that gave me 16. I liked it so much I went out and got [another RAM expanding product]. So now I have 32."
source [rinkworks.com]
Re:Fools, download more! (Score:3, Funny)
I've GOT to show this to our CEO. I will get promoted for sure!
Re:Software patents (Score:3, Funny)
I haven't managed to find the patent application yet, but I wonder if Connectix's RAM Doubler product would be considered prior art.
If not, this [imdb.com] probably is...
Re:You mean like RAMDoubler (Score:5, Funny)
The 80s and 90s called - they want their technology back.
The 80s and 90s called again - they want their joke back.
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