Thanks for helping me out with this.
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Jeff Soules <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Latency, risk of failure, sure... also sheer design complexity (since you > have > to solve the geometry of fitting more circuitry in the same space), and > subsequent complexity of fabrication (since you have to actually make > those tiny little circuits). There's also heat dissipation, which isn't so > so > bad for memory but is still nontrivial. > Using smaller circuit paths means that the control signals wind up being > effectively "noisier" too (or so I understand), which affects a whole slew > of things, including memory timings among others. > > At least this is all what I remember...! > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the responses. > > > > What is the engineering challenge of having more memory in a single die? > I expect latency would be a issue. Also, as Brad mentioned greater risk of > failure. > > > > Any thing else? > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:04 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >---- Original Message ---- > >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >To: [email protected] > >> >Subject: RE: memory question (hardware) > >> >Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:08:10 -0400 > >> > > >> >>I am curious... > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>When memory is manufactured why does a stick of 4GB memory cost 2.5 > >> >times of > >> >>2GB memory? Is the manufacturing process that much different to > >> >justify the > >> >>cost? > >> > >> Obviously we can't open up the sticks and look at the chips, but the > >> usual answer is that the 2G used "the older" technology and the 4G > >> used the "newer" technology and the chip vendor is trying to recoup > >> development costs. As the "newer" technology becomes the "older" > >> technology the cost will go down. With Moore's "law" this gives the > >> chip vendor about 18 months to recoup most of the development costs > >> and some profit. > >> Larry > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
