▲ 164 ▼ Meta's solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tal@lemmy.today 26 points 3 months ago (9 children) I shouldn't have thrown out all that DDR3 memory that I did. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (4 children) I'm going to drag out my same soapbox: a lot of systems old enough to use DDR3 RAM will have x86_64 v1 or v2 processors. Some projects have already removed support for those, the big one being the RHEL kernel as of RHEL9. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children) I miss the days when mainstream Linux distros could run on a supercomputer or a toaster and anywhere between.😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago Most still will. Like I'm sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I'm not complaining about progress's march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I'm sure some other folks probably did as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neinhorn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago Back in the day the anywhere between was a lot smaller. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Maybe someone will make a way to use DDR3 in a DDR4 system. :-) Make the impossible possible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I still have DDR2s somewhere... pray we do not need it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago Shouldnt have built a christmas tree with it. Tap for spoilerIt is mostly defective ram. At least most of the modules arent fully bricked as they are just hot glued in place. So technicslly some could still be viable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Even DDR2 got more expensive. We are giga screwed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 point 3 months ago And where exactly did you throw it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (4 children) I'm going to drag out my same soapbox: a lot of systems old enough to use DDR3 RAM will have x86_64 v1 or v2 processors. Some projects have already removed support for those, the big one being the RHEL kernel as of RHEL9. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children) I miss the days when mainstream Linux distros could run on a supercomputer or a toaster and anywhere between.😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago Most still will. Like I'm sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I'm not complaining about progress's march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I'm sure some other folks probably did as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neinhorn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago Back in the day the anywhere between was a lot smaller. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Maybe someone will make a way to use DDR3 in a DDR4 system. :-) Make the impossible possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children) I miss the days when mainstream Linux distros could run on a supercomputer or a toaster and anywhere between.😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago Most still will. Like I'm sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I'm not complaining about progress's march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I'm sure some other folks probably did as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neinhorn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago Back in the day the anywhere between was a lot smaller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] historicaldocuments@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago Most still will. Like I'm sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I'm not complaining about progress's march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I'm sure some other folks probably did as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neinhorn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago Back in the day the anywhere between was a lot smaller. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) Maybe someone will make a way to use DDR3 in a DDR4 system. :-) Make the impossible possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I still have DDR2s somewhere... pray we do not need it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago Shouldnt have built a christmas tree with it. Tap for spoilerIt is mostly defective ram. At least most of the modules arent fully bricked as they are just hot glued in place. So technicslly some could still be viable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Even DDR2 got more expensive. We are giga screwed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 point 3 months ago And where exactly did you throw it? permalink fedilink source parent