this was covered in a really recent thread here. it's the difference between big B and little b which people are often sloppy about. b represents bits, B represents bytes. since a Byte is by definition 8 bits, there is an 8:1 difference, thus 4Gb = 512MB.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When I look up the ram chip used with the BBB I see that its a 4gb chip > instead of the expected 512meg. > Why is a 4gb chip used? > Is the remaining space used for partitioning the O/S or something? > > If I wanted to replace the chip with something similar what problems > should I expect? > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
