Does anybody know anything about FRAM, the BBSRAM/EEPROM replacement from Ramtron International? (others?)
Currently at 5MHz and 256kb the FRAM (Ferrous RAM) ICs that they have available aren't nearly fast enough to work as a replacement for the average desktop system. Ramtron doesn't offer much of a description of *how* FRAM works, but could this currently existing technology be built upon to fit the requirements?
I'm assuming a lot in thinking that this is similar technology (I hear ferrous, I think magnets), so I'd greatly appreciate a good whack on the head from any enlightened people.
While it might not be useful at all in desktop systems, it does certainly look like an excellent replacement for both SRAM and ((E)E)PROMs.
- Ek
I'm beginning to feel very sorry for Corel -- They want to be able to offer a bunch of services to the linux community, as well as broaden linux's acceptance as a viable operating system (yadda yadda, you've heard this all before), but they're getting hit left and right by technicalities in licensing agreements. I suppose somebody can argue against me here, but isn't this why we have the BSD/GPL/Etc all in the first place? Not to intentionally stuff words into anybody's mouth, but programmers who are working for free just want to be saved from the hassle of writing up something to protect their code, and I am beginning to think that all these issues will be extremely destructive to the concept of linux by linux users themselves. I know that this certainly dropped my respect for Bruce Perens quite a bit. Good luck to Corel's overtaxed legal team as they try to find a way around this.
As far as monitor refresh rates, everybody seems to be saying "go as high as you can" (in vertical refresh rate)... I experience the same between 60 and a little over 85hz, but at a little over 100hz, I feel more uncomfortable with the screen image. Assuming that my hardware is all working correctly (as far as I know everything is completely capable), am I crazy?
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Currently at 5MHz and 256kb the FRAM (Ferrous RAM) ICs that they have available aren't nearly fast enough to work as a replacement for the average desktop system. Ramtron doesn't offer much of a description of *how* FRAM works, but could this currently existing technology be built upon to fit the requirements?
I'm assuming a lot in thinking that this is similar technology (I hear ferrous, I think magnets), so I'd greatly appreciate a good whack on the head from any enlightened people.
While it might not be useful at all in desktop systems, it does certainly look like an excellent replacement for both SRAM and ((E)E)PROMs.
- Ek
I'm beginning to feel very sorry for Corel -- They want to be able to offer a bunch of services to the linux community, as well as broaden linux's acceptance as a viable operating system (yadda yadda, you've heard this all before), but they're getting hit left and right by technicalities in licensing agreements. I suppose somebody can argue against me here, but isn't this why we have the BSD/GPL/Etc all in the first place? Not to intentionally stuff words into anybody's mouth, but programmers who are working for free just want to be saved from the hassle of writing up something to protect their code, and I am beginning to think that all these issues will be extremely destructive to the concept of linux by linux users themselves. I know that this certainly dropped my respect for Bruce Perens quite a bit. Good luck to Corel's overtaxed legal team as they try to find a way around this.
As far as monitor refresh rates, everybody seems to be saying "go as high as you can" (in vertical refresh rate)... I experience the same between 60 and a little over 85hz, but at a little over 100hz, I feel more uncomfortable with the screen image. Assuming that my hardware is all working correctly (as far as I know everything is completely capable), am I crazy?