Look at the figures for the Gigabyte i-RAM and you could very easily be blown away by them and talked into buying one. We do, however, have a few reservations. Firstly, we think the i-RAM is being held back. Yup, you read right. The 1.5Gbps SATA contr...
Abstract: Solid-state storage is the future, not the present. Weve been promised solid-state storage for years now, ever since RAM chips became relatively cheap to make. The advantages are lightning fast speed, silent operation and less power drain; the only d...
Gigabytes i-RAM is fast, but its not as fast as you might expect - partly because its only a S-ATA device, not S-ATA II, and also, perhaps, because PCs and software are designed with hard disks in mind. We just couldnt shake the feeling that we wer...
Abstract: i-RAM $125 Gigabyte www.gigabyte-usa.com 4 CPU’s Gigabyte has introduced i-RAM: a solid-state device that uses standard DDR memory and an open SATA port. In a typical installation the BIOS recognizes i-RAM as a standard hard drive. The face of the c...
The Gigabyte iRAM is a truly innovative device that opens up all kind of possibilities with its incredible, untouched storage performance. It brings the idea of solid state storage the consumer for a very low cost and will hopefully bring other compa...
Abstract: Although performance has been greatly enhanced over the last few years through the use of faster spindle speeds, larger caches, and newer interfaces, hard drives still tend to be a bottleneck in a typical PC. Mechanical devices, by their very nature, requ...
To be honest, we didnt actually expect Gigabyte to turn the i-RAM into an actual end-user product, much less make it available in North America. But they have, and at $150 online, the i-RAM is actually pretty affordable, all things considered. With th...
Abstract: For years now, motherboard manufacturers have been struggling to find other markets to branch out to, in an attempt to diversify themselves, preparing for inevitable consolidation in the market. Every year at Computex, wed hear more and more about how...
The Gigabyte i-RAM is a very innovative product and kudos go out to Gigabyte for taking the jump and doing something different – it gained a lot of attention at the Computex trade show in Taiwan and it made us just as interested. The performance on...
