Collaborate Disseminate
Although the benefits of semiconductor technology were undeniable during the second half the 20th century, there was a clear divide between the two sides of the Iron Curtain. Whilst the …read more Continue reading The First Mass Produced DRAM of the Soviet Union
[Ken Shirriff] is looking inside chips again. This time, the subject is the MK4116 — a 16 Kbit DRAM chip. Even without a calculator, you know that’s a whopping 2 …read more Continue reading 16 Kbit DRAM Gives Up Its Secrets
As obsolete as the original IBM Model 5150 PC may appear, it’s pretty much the proverbial giant’s shoulders upon which we all stand today. That makes the machine worth celebrating, …read more Continue reading Book8088 Slows Down to Join the Demoscene
Ask anyone to name a first-generation home computer from the 1970s, and they’ll probably mention the likes of the Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080. But those iconic machines weren’t the …read more Continue reading Versatile DRAM Board Adds Memory to Any Heathkit H8 Variant
Linux users have a lot of software to be proud of. However, there is the occasional Windows program that does something you’d really like to do and it just won’t …read more Continue reading Linux Fu: Reading Your Memory’s Memory
In a recent interview with Ravi Pendekanti, SVP of Product Management & Marketing at Western Digital, he explained how they have expanded their HDD technology to lower total cost of ownership.
The post Ravi Pendekanti: How Western Digital’s HDD i… Continue reading Ravi Pendekanti: How Western Digital’s HDD innovation is lowering total cost of ownership
Between the era of the CD and the eventual rise and domination of streaming music platforms, there was a limbo period of random MP3 players mixed in with the ubiquitous …read more Continue reading MiniDisc Player Supports Full Data Transfer
Some of the most popular vintage computers are now more than forty years old, and their memory just ain’t how it used to be. Identifying bad memory chips can quickly …read more Continue reading Simple DRAM Tester Built With Spare Parts
Simply put: reading from RAM in your program could write to RAM in someone else’s Continue reading Serious Security: Rowhammer is back, but now it’s called SMASH
“TRRespass” is a new trick for rowhammering – an attack where you write to a memory chip by reading it over and over (and over) again. Continue reading TRRespass research reveals rowhammering is alive and well