On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 17:51 -0500, Adam wrote:
> > > Thanks for the link! It's been downloaded and added to my "to read" > list. Right now I'm going through "Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 18th > edition" to learn about the hardware in my new system -- things like > SATA and DDR2 RAM are new to me. > > Incidentally, I too wanted to get a detailed understanding of DDR2. I read Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17e), plus a number of other sources. I came away from those sources feeling my understanding was less than I hoped for. What addressed my needs, and what I highly recommend, is a paper called "What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory" by Ulrich Drepper from RedHat. The early part of the paper gives an outstanding description of DRAM. The paper initially ran as a series in "Linux Weekly News". It is now available as a 114 page PDF at http://people.redhat.com/drepper/cpumemory.pdf The theme of the paper is performance optimization, but the DRAM description at the early part of the paper is worthy in itself. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
