linux-kernel - Re: Future Linux on Bistable Storage

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Rick van Rein <rick@...engemak.nl>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Future Linux on Bistable Storage

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Rick van Rein wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Future generations of Linux are likely to run on machines with non-volatile
> memories based on bistable technologies.  This will save the energy of DRAM
> refresh cycles and avoid the mechanical problems related to hard disks.  The
> result is probably a computer with no distinction between disk and RAM.

unless there has been a breakthrough that I haven't heard about (always 
possible) I seriously doubt that this is the case.

the alternate technologies that I have heard about are either _far_ less 
dense then DRAM (similar to static ram) or require erasing in blocks 
(similar to flash). niether one is appropriate for a large, flat 
addressed memory architecture as you list below.

David Lang
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/