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DRAM News

14 May 2008

Protection offered against chilly hacks

By Jon Brodkin, Network World (US)

The vendor HyBlue says it can prevent the "cold boot" encryption hack discovered by Princeton researchers with a laptop security product announced on Tuesday. Read more...

HP boffins build intelligent memory: 01 May 08
Seagate vows to grab SSD patents: 15 Apr 08
Rambus wins long-running memory trial: 27 Mar 08
DRAM may remain cheap for a long time: 19 Mar 08
Eee PC running XP predicted to outsell Linux: 17 Mar 08
Hard drive encryption not safe: 22 Feb 08
TSMC to make Sun's UltraSparc processors: 20 Feb 08

DRAM Blog Entries

19 December 2006

Qimonda and Infineon

By Chris Mellor

Over the last couple of years Infineon was in the news with bad news fairly often. It was involved in patent and licensing tussles with Rambus, price-fixing, and also with suspected corruption in motor sport sponsorship leading to the sacking of a CEO. Read more...

DRAM Insight

20 March 2008

Encryption - the 'cold boot' hack explained

By Dan Rosenbaum, Computerworld

Princeton University computer security researcher Edward Felten released a study recently demonstrating that encryption keys are only as secure as the RAM that carries them, and that RAM is vulnerable in surprising ways. The upshot? Even turning a computer off may not be enough. Read more...

The great Itanium revival: 29 Jun 07
RAM-based SSDs are toast - yippie ki-yay!: 20 Oct 06
RAM genesis update: 17 Feb 05
Should hard drives spin?: 05 May 04

DRAM Briefings

26 September 2007

Does Flash make your PC go faster?

By Chris Mellor, Techworld

Flash memory read and write speed I/O disparities and real world I/O characteristics are hindering the ability of flash memory to boost Windows desktop and laptop speed. Read more...

Buying a new PC? 'Windows Vista Capable' barely hits the mark: 22 Feb 07
Double double data rate memory?: 03 Mar 04

DRAM Interviews

03 December 2007

SSD disruptive technology in the datacentre

By Chris Mellor, Techworld

Solid state disks will start replacing fast hard drive arrays substantially in 2010 due to cost reduction, write performance improvement, better performance and potentially spectacular better energy efficiency. Read more...

The dash for flash: SSDs get a flash boost: 29 Nov 07
Not hot swap but 'fail in place': 02 Nov 04
Intel senior chip designer on microprocessor futures: 31 May 04

DRAM Whitepapers

04 April 2007

DDR2

By Micron

Memory has evolved significantly over the years because of die shrinks, density increases, speed improvements, and other advances inspired by market demands. As a result, technologies such as SDR and DDR SDRAM are becoming outdated in favor of newer architectures. The current DRAM standard is DDR2, which boasts a number of advantages over its predecessors. Read more...

DRAM Product Reviews

28 March 2007

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

By Tom Henderson and Rand Dvorak, Network World

List price:
Pros: Secure; robust and evolved virtualisation; improved security management and IPv6 support
Cons: Little in the way of eye-candy Read more...

WHITE PAPERS

7 Essential Steps of Vulnerability Management
Every week at least 155 risks from newfound software to operating system vulnerabilities, threaten the security and availability of networks and applications. Now is the time to be prepared.
A Blueprint for Better Management from the Desktop to the Data Centre
Explore our strategy to build an open management architecture that offers distinct value through sophisticated integration of otherwise isolated components.
Securing your Network from the Inside: Adding a Portable Layer of Protection
Discover how you can pre-empt potential security risks and quickly identify security threats – keeping your network and users safe.
IDC Report: Identity and Security Management and Strong Information Technology Governance
This IDC white paper examines identity and security management solutions and how these integrated offerings can play a key role in enforcing security compliance.
IDC Executive Brief: The Rising Concerns Over Endpoint Security
This IDC Executive Brief examines how an integrated EPS solution with multiple security layers, has been proven to deliver the highest level of protection at the lowest TCO.

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