From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 14 14:11:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14467 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:11:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA14461 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:11:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.Artisoft.COM by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA12187 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 14 Apr 1997 14:08:31 -0700 Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id NAA19245; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:31:54 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199704142031.NAA19245@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: 430TX ? To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:31:54 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, langfod@dihelix.com, ejs@bfd.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, steve@visint.co.uk, louie@transsys.com, michaelh@cet.co.jp, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199704122335.JAA16806@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 13, 97 09:05:16 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > The real pain is that no one seems to be doing anything about getting > > SRAM density up... the only benefit DRAM has over SRAM is its density... ************************************************** > > everything else favors SRAM. > > a) bollocks. SRAM density is moving along quite nicely, and it's becoming > much more cost-effective. We're down from $200 for a 512x16 stick to > about $60 for two 512Kx8 parts, and we expect to be paying under $10 > each for them with the next generation of parts due soon. > > b) DRAM has the massive advantage that a DRAM memory cell is _very_ small. > SRAM does not have this advantage. Can you say "low relative density"? Your point 'b' is a restatement of my claim... Your point 'a' is referring to some density other than cell density, and I have no idea what -- it seems to be referring to pricing for some reason? Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.