[HN Gopher] A Case for Self-Managing DRAM Chips
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       A Case for Self-Managing DRAM Chips
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-09-21 15:44 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arxiv.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arxiv.org)
        
       | buescher wrote:
       | I always wondered why DRAM didn't just, after some Moore's law
       | point, have refresh control built in. There's probably a reason
       | I've forgotten about. Nice to see someone at least thinking about
       | it.
        
       | pyrolistical wrote:
       | PLEASE UPDATE YOUR DRAM FIRMWARE TO REMAIN SECURE.
        
       | dmitrygr wrote:
       | > new low-cost DRAM architecture
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       | Provides no evidence that putting more logic into the DRAM will
       | somehow be cheaper
        
         | wtallis wrote:
         | The DRAM chips don't actually have to be cheaper. They just
         | need to enable the system as a whole to be more cost effective.
         | If putting a bit more logic in the DRAM makes it significantly
         | cheaper and quicker to design and validate a processor's memory
         | controller, and enables better performance and power efficiency
         | from the memory, then it's very likely a net win even if the
         | marginal cost of DRAM chips went up slightly.
        
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