Everything about I-RAM
RAM disk as storage device
The i-RAM was a PCI card-mounted, battery-backed RAM disk that behaved and was marketed as a solid-state storage device. It was produced by Gigabyte and released in June 2005, at a time when genuine solid-state storage solutions were generally still less affordable than an i-RAM product with superficially similar capabilities. The i-RAM utilised DRAM, a type of volatile memory, and was equipped with a lithium-ion battery to provide backup power. This backup power was necessary only when the host computer was either unplugged or completely powered down. Under normal conditions, the i-RAM could draw sufficient power from the PCI bus for RAM refresh, as the PCI bus maintains standby power even when an ATX system is shut down. However, the preservation of the DRAM's contents was limited to a duration of 10 to 16 hours, depending on the configuration, after the power supply was completely interrupted. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: I-RAMA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Ram pressure stripping in high-density environmentsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Louis I. KahnThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: G ram‐negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridiaCited 812 times
- Go sideways: HyperOs HyperDriveA closely related topic
- Go sideways: RAM driveA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A genomic update on clostridial phylogeny: G ram‐negative spore formers and other misplaced clostridia
Ram pressure stripping of spiral galaxies in clusters
RAM: A Range Adjusted Measure of Inefficiency for Use with Additive Models, and Relations to Other Models and Measures in DEA
A case for intelligent RAM
Low-power non-volatile spintronic memory: STT-RAM and beyond
Storage of ram semen
Simultaneous ram pressure and tidal stripping; how dwarf spheroidals lost their gas
Ram Pressure Stripping and Galaxy Orbits: The Case of the Virgo Cluster
🆕 Influential since 2022
Ram pressure stripping in high-density environments
Root Assessment Method (RAM): A novel multi-criteria decision making method and its applications in sustainability challenges
Expanding Reaction Profile of Allyl Carboxylates via 1,2-Radical Migration (RaM): Visible-Light-Induced Phosphine-Catalyzed 1,3-Carbobromination of Allyl Carboxylates
Direct mechanocatalysis by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)
Reconfigurable nonlinear photonic activation function for photonic neural network based on non-volatile opto-resistive RAM switch
📚 Books worth reading
Louis I. KahnGlenn E. Wiggins · 1997
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