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Meta's solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 25 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I shouldn't have thrown out all that DDR3 memory that I did.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I'm going to drag out my same soapbox: a lot of systems old enough to use DDR3 RAM will have x86_64 v1 or v2 processors. Some projects have already removed support for those, the big one being the RHEL kernel as of RHEL9.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I miss the days when mainstream Linux distros could run on a supercomputer or a toaster and anywhere between.😭

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Most still will. Like I'm sure a lot of people are doing, I was trying to reuse old hardware for a new purpose. Perfectly good computer with 16GB of RAM with an AMD A8-3850. I'm not complaining about progress's march towards the future, but I missed the warning signs about the changes. I'm sure some other folks probably did as well.

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