On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:52:20 -0500
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> > For things like SATA based devices they aren't that fast yet. 
> 
> You forget the Gigabyte i-RAM.
> 
> For others:  the i-RAM is a SATA-based device that plugs into a PCI slot 
> on your motherboard (for power), providing RAM+battery backup as fast as 
> your SATA bus and DIMMs will go.

Actually even allowing for the iRAM the SATA stuff is way too slow to be
worth using synchronously. The latency is a killer.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Reply via email to