The Memory Guy was recently contacted by a researcher at imec, the Belgian research consortium, about the rebirth of an old idea. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s semiconductor makers had considered using charge-coupled devices (CCDs) for computer main memories. Probably few readers will even recognize either the name or the abbreviation. The CCD memory was a good idea that was completely overshadowed by another good idea — DRAM — that ended up taking the Continue reading “Are CCD Memories Coming Back?”
Month: April 2026
Revolutionary New DDR Standards Expected
DDR DRAM has now been with us for a quarter century, and it has provided a lot of bandwidth. But this standard has become increasingly challenging to scale, and it has already proven to fall short of the demands of the modern AI datacenter.
What’s to become of Continue reading “Revolutionary New DDR Standards Expected”