Asking about extremely old RAM technology. It's fascinating how far memory has come!
Asking about extremely old RAM technology. It's fascinating how far memory has come!
Right, so my buddy just inherited a house from his uncle who was one of those old school computer geeks & we've been cleaning out his stuff. One thing that we found was at least 30 computers from the mid-90s in fairly decent shape all things considered & it got me thinking: aside from there not being a motherboard w/ a bazillion DDR1 slots, is there a reason why there couldn't be a contemporary PC w/ 8gb of RAM w/ 16 512mb cards? On the surface, these maths check out in my head even tho I know it won't be the same performance bc DDR1. However, I have this feeling in my gut that even an i3 wouldn't know what to do with them, but I don't understand why.
The main issue is that today's CPUs lack support for DDR memory controllers and handling the strong voltages involved. It wouldn't be surprising if engineers could build something, but with DDR4 offering better performance across all aspects, neither Intel nor AMD would have the incentive to invest. Plus, you'd face massive interleaving challenges or having eight memory controllers on a single chip—something rare today, as servers use entirely different addressing methods.