http://www.MetaRAM.com MetaRAM is a fabless semiconductor company that develops new technologies to improve memory performance. MetaRAM is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that fit into existing IT infrastructure effortlessly while re-using off-the-shelf technologies wherever possible. en-us Technology en-us Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:41:01 GMT RSS 2.0 Generator http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0406999.htm CNNMoney.com -- 8GB R-DIMMS for Intel(R) Xeon(R) and AMD Opteron(TM)-based Systems to Be Demonstrated at ISC '08 16 June 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/10/tyan-look theinquirer.net -- Computex 2008 And a new board to go with it 10 June 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/07/amd-revamps-server-roadmap theinquirer.net -- Twelve cores and a new socket 07 May 2008 http://sramanamitra.com/2008/05/01/pioneering-change-in-the-memory-market-metaram-visionary-fred-webster-part-1/ sramanamitra.com - One trend occurring over the past decade is a reduction in the overall innovation by entrepreneurs in the semiconductor space. 01 May 2008 http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&AD=1&ArticleID=18658 When it comes to achieving more memory in the same amount of space, we typically talk about process shrinks, die stacking, multichip packaging, and other techniques. 24 Apr 2008 http://tech.sina.com.cn/s/s/2008-04-02/2124622380.shtml Source - Sina 02 Apr 2008 http://www.chinabyte.com/153/8065653.shtml Source - ChinaByte.com 03 Apr 2008 http://server.it168.com/server/2008-04-03/200804031836089.shtml IT168.com 04 Apr 2008 http://www.hothardware.com/News/MetaRAM__Nehalem__Up_To_288GB_RAM/ HotHardware.com -- Multi-socket Nehalems paired with MetaRAM could provide some jaw-dropping numbers. 04 Apr 2008 http://www.neoseeker.com/news/7861-idf-tidbits/ neoseeker.com -- More from Intel Developer's Forum Spring 2008 07 Apr 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/06/ddr3-metaram-spotted theinquirer.net -- IDF Spring 2008 High capacity from day one 06 Apr 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/04/metaram-nehalem-largely-happy theinquirer.net -- IDF Spring 2008 Meet MetaRAMbo 04 Apr 2008 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/intel_idf_server_chums/ www.theregister.co.uk -- IDF Server aficionados were left wanting at this year's China-flavored Intel Developer Forum. 04 Apr 2008 http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/509497.htm virtualization.sys-con.com -- If you heard a thump Monday, that was the cost of memory crashing 27 Feb 2008 http://opensourcepbx.tmcnet.com/topics/development-tools/articles/21711-terabyte-ram-your-pc-why-not-asks-metaram.htm TMCnet.com -- Yours Truly, recently wore out a top of the line SATA hard drive in less than year. 27 Feb 2008 http://www.enews20.com/news_More_RAM_with_MetaRAM_06088.html eNews20.com -- A startup company called intuitively Metaram announced on Monday a new technology that allows the company to pack more RAM into a memory module just like that, in a move that will allow people to simply quadruple memory without buying and adding new hardware. 26 Feb 2008 http://www.dailytech.com/MetaRAM+Doubles+Quadruples+Memory+Capacity+of+Existing+Systems/article10847.htm DailyTech.com -- MetaRAM technology to cut server and workstation memory costs by up to 90 percent 26 Feb 2008 http://www.techtree.com/India/News/MetaRAM_Stealth_High_Capacity_Memory/551-87143-581.html TechTree.com -- MetaRAM has announced the launch of DDR2 MetaSDRAM, a new memory technology that claims to increase server and workstation performance while decreasing costs by up to 90 percent. 26 Feb 2008 http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14222 TechReport.com -- A company founded by former AMD Chief Technology Officer Fred Weber that has been operating in stealth mode for the past couple of years has finally unveiled its first product. 26 Feb 2008 http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/02/25/2008-02-25T050119Z_01_N24151485_RTRIDST_0_METARAM-INTERVIEW.html Forbes.com -- Fred Weber, chief executive of memory-chip technology start-up MetaRAM Inc, has a knack for making complicated things sound simple. 25 Feb 2008 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Startup-Looks-to-Tackle-Memory-Crunch/ eWeek.com -- A new company, called MetaRAM, wants to increase the memory in workstations and servers without driving up system costs. 25 Feb 2008 http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15851/metaram_quadruples_dimm_capacity DigitalTrends.com -- A tiny company backed by big names and money claims it has developed technology to fit 8GB of RAM onto a single DIMM. 25 Feb 2008 http://www.dbtechno.com/computers/2008/02/25/metaram-shows-off-new-memory-technology-for-servers-workstations/ dbTechno.com -- Start-up MetaRAM has unveiled a new DDR MetaSDRAM memory technology on Monday. They have stated that this is going to allow them to increase performance on servers and workstations, and will also allow them to reduce prices. 25 Feb 2008 http://www.dbtechno.com/computers/2008/02/25/metaram-shows-off-new-memory-technology-for-servers-workstations/ dbTechno.com -- Start-up MetaRAM has unveiled a new DDR MetaSDRAM memory technology on Monday. They have stated that this is going to allow them to increase performance on servers and workstations, and will also allow them to reduce prices. 25 Feb 2008 http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2199607.html HPCwire.com -- For some time there has been a growing disparity between processor power and memory capacity. 06 Mar 2008 http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh030308-story05.html ITJungle.com -- There are a lot of different ways to skin a system design, but the one that has been favored by processor and system designers alike for the past three decades is to boost the clock speed on the processor as high as possible, make each clock do more work, and add layers and layers of progressively faster main memory to the box to keep those faster processors fed. Monday, 03 Feb 2008 http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206900369 InformationWeek.com -- Servers and workstations with the technology are scheduled for release by the end of March from Appro, Colfax, Rackable, and Verari. Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/25/4500-drams-1u-server theinquirer.net -- IF YOU WANT high memory density in modern servers, you have had two choices, high prices or praying that your machine could take high rank count DIMMs. Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 http://www.techspot.com/news/29161-ddr2-metasdram-means-memory-revolution.html TechSpot.com -- With bold claims like double or quadruple your RAM, for a second I thought it was the same marketing used by the infamous memory optimization software from the late 90s all over again. Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=296 ZDNet.com -- Metaram’s announcement of a chipset that enables vendors to build 16 GB DRAM DIMMs may have you wondering...who needs it? Tuesday, 26 Feb 2008 http://www.crn.com/hardware/206900056 Computer Reseller News -- MetaRAM said that its DDR2 MetaSDRAM chipset significantly increases server and workstation performance, by allowing server memory capacity to be doubled or quadrupled. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://business.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12100CED73FX Newsfactor.com -- With MetaSDRAM, cheaper one-gigabit memory chips work together as one, overcoming restrictions on the number of DRAM chips. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.technewsworld.com/story/MetaRAM-Leapfrogs-Server-Memory-Limits-61823.html TechNewsWorld.com -- Sitting between the memory controller and the DRAM, the MetaSDRAM chipset is a drop-in solution the company said will close the gap between advances in processor computing power that outpaces DRAM capacity. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120391288302789983.html The Wall Street Journal -- Memory capacity is increasingly emerging as a roadblock to improving computer performance. A Silicon Valley start-up believes it has an answer. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8357294 MercuryNews.com -- METARAM EXECS SAY BREAKTHROUGH COULD CUT COST OF A SUPERCOMPUTER BY 90 PERCENT Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206801673 EETimes.com -- Startup MetaRAM comes out of stealth mode Monday (Feb. 25) with a chip set that can double or quadruple the capacity on a dual in-line memory module without moving to more expensive DRAM chips. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/25/weber_metaram/ theregister.co.uk -- Fred Weber has a good thing going. As CTO of AMD, he spearheaded much of the work around adding 64-bit extensions to x86 processors. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/metaram-aims-to-bumps-ram-capacity-by-4x-overnight/ engadget.com -- We're not sure what whacky voodoo snakeoil these MetaRam people are peddling, but the company's got some high profile behind it (like Intel, for one), is being led by former AMD CTO Fred Weber, has appears to have some potentially revolutionary RAM quadrupling technology. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=295122421 Calibre.com -- The new module combines SMART's advanced DDR2 packaging technologies with the MetaRAM chipset architecture, enabling servers to replace the functionality found in modules built with more expensive components. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/25/Startup-bridges-memory-capacity-gap_1.html InfoWorld.com -- Metaram technology allows users to quadruple memory without adding new hardware. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.internetnews.com/hardware/article.php/3729911/MetaRAM+Bets+On+High+Capacity+Memory+Breakthrough.htm internetnews.com -- New company debuts with high-capacity DRAM using cheaper, low-capacity chips. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?id=18328&catid=2 TCMagazine.com -- The wonders of technology have again worked together for a better tomorrow and enabled memory manufacturer Hynix Semiconductor to develop the HYMP31GP72CUP4-C6, a 2-Rank 8GB PC2-4200 RDIMM. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://derstandard.at/Text/?id=3239328 derStandard.at -- Aufrüstung von Systemen, deren RAM-Kapazität bereits ausgereizt ist Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://news.softpedia.com/news/MetaRAM-to-Release-8GB-Memory-DIMMs-79397.shtml Softpedia.com -- Four times the capacity of DDR2, DDR3 memory modules Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/takahashi/2008/02/24/fred-webers-metaram-makes-its-debut-in-server-memory-chip-set-technology/ MercuryNews.com -- Fred Weber should be on everyone’s radar. He’s the former chip architect of Advanced Micro Devices who, along with current AMD president Dirk Meyer, convinced the company to take a chance on the Opteron. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142780-c,sdram/article.html PCWorld.com -- Startup Metaram has developed a technique to pack more RAM onto a memory module. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0365806.htm CNNMoney.com -- MetaSDRAM(TM) for AMD and Intel(R)-Based Systems Now Available Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=12219 PC Advisor -- Startup bridges memory capacity gap. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1129935/ TradingMarkets.com -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced today the launch of 2-Rank 8GB PC2-4200 RDIMM, featuring MetaRAM's MetaSDRAM(TM) technology. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2008/02/25/8/0501000000AEN20080225001600320F.HTML Yonhap News -- Hynix Semiconductor Co., the world's No. 2 memory chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new type of cost-efficient memory module for high-powered servers. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.kois.go.kr/news/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20080225009&part=104&SearchDay=&page=1 Korea.net -- Hynix Semiconductor Co., the world's No. 2 memory chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new type of cost-efficient memory module for high-powered servers. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_world.php?id=316216 Bernama.com -- Hynix Semiconductor Co., the world's No. 2 memory chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new type of cost-efficient memory module for high-powered servers, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.elisnet.or.jp/news/news_detail.cfm?select_news_id=14398 Elisnet -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced today the launch of 2-Rank 8GB PC2-4200 RDIMM, featuring MetaRAM's MetaSDRAM technology. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.telecomskorea.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5241&Itemid=2 Telecoms Korea News Service -- Hynix Semiconductor Co., the world's No. 2 memory chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new type of cost-efficient memory module for high-powered servers. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.news.com/Putting-terabytes-of-memory-into-servers%2C-the-cheap-way/2100-1004_3-6231810.html?tag=cd.top CNET News.com -- Disk drives have only recently begun to be measured in terabytes. MetaRam CEO Fred Weber is talking about putting terabytes of memory into servers. Monday, 24 Feb 2008 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080224-metaram-quadruples-ddr2-dimm-capacities-launches-8gb-dimms.html Ars Technica -- Since its launch in January 2006, the only thing that has been publicly known about former AMD CTO Fred Weber's new venture is its name: MetaRAM. Monday, 24 Feb 2008 http://www.metaRAM.com/pdf/press/MetaSDRAM_2_25_08.pdf Press Release - MetaRAM, a fabless semiconductor company focused on improving memory performance, today announced the launch of DDR2 MetaSDRAM, a new memory technology that significantly increases server and workstation performance while dramatically decreasing the cost of high-performance systems. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.metaRAM.com/pdf/press/Hynix_2_25_08.pdf Press Release - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced today the launch of 2-Rank 8GB PC2-4200 RDIMM, featuring MetaRAM’s MetaSDRAM technology. The HYMP31GP72CUP4-C6 effectively doubles the memory capacity of AMD Opteron-based and Intel Xeon-based systems, while improving power efficiency by up to 30 percent when compared to industry standard 8GB 4-Rank or 4GB 2-Rank modules. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.metaRAM.com/pdf/press/Colfax_2_25_08.pdf Press Release - Colfax International, a global supplier of fully-customizable, high-performance enterprise computing systems, today announced the availability of servers and workstations featuring MetaRAM’s DDR2 MetaSDRAM Technology, quadrupling existing memory capacity to deliver the memory performance that is critical to HPC applications. Monday, 25 Feb 2008 http://www.metaRAM.com/pdf/press/SMART_2_25_08.pdf Press Release - SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. (SMART) (NASDAQ: SMOD), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules, embedded computing subsystems, and TFT-LCD display products, today announced the industry’s first cost-effective 8GB dual-rank PC2-4200 registered DIMM (RDIMM), featuring SMART’s advanced packaging technologies and the MetaSDRAM chipset from MetaRAM, Inc. Designed for use in high-end servers, SMART’s new RDIMM doubles available storage capacity, while significantly lowering cost compared to traditional dual-rank modules, and improving system performance by lowering power consumption with use of a four-rank module solution. Monday, 25 Feb 2008