| ▲ | roadbuster 13 hours ago | |
You still need an interface which does at least two things: handles incoming read/write requests using some kind of network protocol, and operates as a memory controller for the RAM. Texas Memory Systems was in the business of making large 'RAM Drives'. They had a product line known as "RamSan" which made many gigabytes/terabytes of DDR available via a block storage interface over infiniband and fibre channel. The control layer was implemented via FPGA. I recall a press release from 2004 which publicized the US govt purchase of a 2.5TB RamSan. They later expanded into SSDs and were acquired by IBM in 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Memory_Systems https://www.lhcomp.com/vendors/tms/TMS-RamSan300-DataSheet.p... https://gizmodo.com/u-s-government-purchases-worlds-largest-... https://www.lhcomp.com/vendors/tms/TMS-RamSan20-DataSheet.pd... https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-plans-acquire-texas-me... | ||