[GRLUG] large systems performance

[Bob Kline]

On Nov 16, 2007 1:28 AM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 16, 2007 1:15 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I just bought 4GB of memory for $100
> > recently.  For someone with deep pockets
> > a 100GB or more of memory could be
> > practical today.  As soon as anyone makes
> > a motherboard to enable this anyway.
>
> They've been around for a while...  for instance, this system supports
> 128Gb:  http://tyan.com/product_barebones_detail.aspx?pid=348
>
> They're just getting cheaper :)
>
> --tim
>
>
Interesting.  It seems (to me) that
memory costs  have taken a dive
in the recent past.  It could be that
demand has gone down,  that yields
have gone up for some reason,  etc.
I don't think memory has ever been
this cheap per megabyte - in fixed
dollars.

Years ago the US gov't accused the
Japanese of duming memory, and
impossed a stiff tariff.  The Japanese
obliged us, and cut down on shipments
to the US.  Memory prices went sky
high.  I remember paying ( with someone
else's money ) $200 for 1MB of Sun
workstation memory.  Probably a high
water mark.

    -Bob
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