I had been hearing a lot about MetaRAM now that they've de-cloaked. This company managed to make quite a splash with articles on Information Week and other publications. Here's an opening blurb from their press release today:
"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. Using MetaRAM’s DDR2 MetaSDRAM, a quarter-terabyte, four-processor server with 16 cores starts at under $50,000, up to a 90 percent reduction in system cost – all without any system modifications.
MetaSDRAM, designed for AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon-based systems, is currently available in R-DIMMs from Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. and SMART Modular Technologies. Servers and workstations from Appro, Colfax International, Rackable Systems and Verari Systems are expected in the first quarter of 2008."
MetaRAM's DDR2 MetaSDRAM product is a drop-in solution that sits between the memory controller and the DRAM. The chipset makes multiple DRAMs look like a larger capacity DRAM to the memory controller. Here are some of the key features:
8GB and 16GB Chipsets enable higher capacity DDR2 2-Rank Registered DIMMs.
WakeOnUse™ power management improves the power efficiency of the DRAMs, thus enabling twice the memory to fit into a typical system’s power delivery and cooling capabilities.
Low latency circuit design and an innovative clocking scheme, which allow the MetaSDRAM-based DIMMs to fit into existing memory controller designs.
I'll be keeping my eye on this company and am very curious to see what they come up with next.
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