Hacker News with Generative AI: Memory

Lenovo Has a CXL Memory Monster with 128x 128GB DDR5 DIMMs (servethehome.com)
At OCP Summit 2024, we saw one more CXL monster, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3. This system is listed on Lenovo’s website as having “Up to 16TB of TruDDR5 memory in 64x slots.” At the OCP Summit 2024, we saw this beast and how Lenovo is doing it with the help of CXL and Astera Labs Leo.
Memory, Hardware, Servers, CXL, Lenovo
28 points by addaon 1 day ago | 17 comments
Intel celebrates the arrival of MRDIMMs – double memory bandwidth of DRAM (tomshardware.com)
Hardware, Memory, Intel, DRAM
6 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 0 comments
DIMM vs. Udimm vs. Rdimm vs. Sodimm vs. Cudimm: What's the Difference? (corsair.com)
It’s fair to say that there’s plenty of jargon around computer memory.
Computer Hardware, RAM, Memory, Technology, Comparison
63 points by trelane 4 days ago | 14 comments
Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety (nature.com)
Stress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless situations1 — which might help to explain why stressed people often feel threatened in safe environments.
Stress, Memory, Neuroscience, Anxiety
8 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 0 comments
Lenovo Has a CXL Memory Monster with 128x 128GB DDR5 DIMMs (servethehome.com)
At OCP Summit 2024, we saw one more CXL monster, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V3. This system is listed on Lenovo’s website as having “Up to 16TB of TruDDR5 memory in 64x slots.” At the OCP Summit 2024, we saw this beast and how Lenovo is doing it with the help of CXL and Astera Labs Leo.
Hardware, Servers, Memory, CXL
22 points by LorenDB 6 days ago | 0 comments
'Brain stars' store our memories like a microscopic filing cabinet (newatlas.com)
Fascinating new findings into how clusters of 'brain stars' retain memories has changed what we know about how they're held in our minds.
Neuroscience, Memory, Brain, Research, Science
29 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 10 days ago | 1 comments
The Difference Between a Standard DIMM and a Cudimm or Csodimm (servethehome.com)
We probably need to have one of these. Recently, memory makers started to take a technology that we have seen for years on the server side, and bring it to the desktop and mobile platforms. The CUDIMM or CSODIMM adds a “C” for clocked, and with it comes some new hardware.
Computer Hardware, Memory, Technology, DIMM
39 points by rbanffy 11 days ago | 10 comments
Memories are not only in the brain, human cell study finds (medicalxpress.com)
It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory function, opening new pathways for understanding how memory works and creating the potential to enhance learning and to treat memory-related afflictions.
Science, Memory, Biology, Neuroscience
244 points by vivekd 12 days ago | 115 comments
Tickets Are for Remembering (publicbooks.org)
Playbills, programs, cast-change inserts, tickets: these objects once physically accompanied the theater’s visual and verbal delights.
Theater, History, Memory, Ephemera
44 points by Thevet 14 days ago | 41 comments
Neurotechnology boosts memory without surgery (epfl.ch)
EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants.
Neurotechnology, Neuroscience, Virtual Reality, Memory
9 points by geox 19 days ago | 0 comments
Storybits: Error Resistant Mnemonics (rya.nc)
At DEFCON 22, Dan Kaminsky and I talked a little bit about something I built which he dubbed “Storybits[1]”. Storybits can reversibly transform short strings of binary data into a series of words designed to produce a mental image.
Security, Computer Science, Memory, Data Encoding
27 points by luu 19 days ago | 0 comments
GDDR7 Memory Supercharges AI Inference (semiengineering.com)
High bandwidth and low latency are paramount for AI-powered edge and endpoints.
AI, Hardware, Memory, Inference, Edge Computing
68 points by PaulHoule 24 days ago | 34 comments
Character amnesia in China (globalchinapulse.net)
During a visit to Beijing many years ago, I was having lunch with three PhD students in the Chinese Department at Peking University, all of whom were native speakers of Chinese. I happened to have a cold that day and was trying to write a brief note to a friend to cancel an appointment that afternoon. I found that I could not recall how to write the Chinese characters for the word ‘sneeze’.
Language, China, Memory, Culture
483 points by nabla9 25 days ago | 528 comments
Ask HN: Do you have trouble recalling what you've contributed at your job? (ycombinator.com)
I find that I really struggle to remember what I’ve done specifically before the current task I’m working on. Then I go through my tickets and I start remembering, but off the top of my head it’s pretty blank.<p>Makes me nervous about getting fired and having nothing to talk about in interviews. I should probably be writing things down as I do them.
Work, Memory, Job Security, Interviews
21 points by idontwantthis 28 days ago | 22 comments
How DRAM changed the world (micron.com)
Robert Dennard, an influential American electrical engineer, invented the one-transistor memory cell for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) in 1966.
Technology, History, Computer Hardware, Memory
136 points by sandwichsphinx 29 days ago | 117 comments
Cognitive Load (minds.md)
It is a living document, last update: October 2024. Your contributions are welcome!
Cognitive Science, Learning, Memory, Information Processing, Human Factors
10 points by thunderbong 35 days ago | 0 comments
Your brain changes based on what you did two weeks ago (newsweek.com)
Your behavior today could affect your brain activity in two weeks' time, new research suggests. These findings have significant implications for our mental health as well as our attention, cognition and memory.
Neuroscience, Psychology, Health, Memory
98 points by thunderbong 43 days ago | 18 comments
Diode Matrix (cca.org)
A diode matrix is an extremely low-density form of read-only memory that was used in computers in the 50s through the 70s, before EEPROMs were invented.
Computer History, Memory, Electronics, Hardware
94 points by thunderbong 47 days ago | 30 comments
Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, has died (ieee.org)
Obituary, Technology, Electronics, Memory, Semiconductors
349 points by jnord 48 days ago | 29 comments
Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? (ycombinator.com)
How do you remember what you have read in a book and how do you act on that?
Reading, Memory, Books, Learning, Actionable Knowledge
22 points by sodiumtech 49 days ago | 39 comments
The case for spaced repetition in K-12 classrooms (notion.site)
Education, Learning, Memory, Teaching Methods
11 points by joshlingaround 52 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: How to Improve Memory? (ycombinator.com)
What is the best way to improve memory?
Memory, Cognitive Enhancement, Health, Ask HN
50 points by fragmenter 55 days ago | 44 comments
When is causal broadcast not enough for causal memory? (decomposition.al)
While getting ready to teach my grad distributed systems course this fall, I found myself once again flipping through Cheriton and Skeen’s rather scathing 1993 article “Understanding the limitations of causally and totally ordered communication”.1 One of Cheriton and Skeen’s complaints about causally ordered communication is that it does not enforce the ordering constraints that they care about. They write:
Distributed Systems, Computer Science, Causality, Memory
7 points by matt_d 57 days ago | 0 comments
Positive effects of creatine supplementation on memory in healthy individuals (nlm.nih.gov)
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to determine the effects of creatine supplementation on memory performance in healthy humans.
Health, Memory, Supplements, Research, Science
10 points by robwwilliams 59 days ago | 7 comments
Inside a Ferroelectric RAM Chip (righto.com)
Ferroelectric memory (FRAM) is an interesting storage technique that stores bits in a special "ferroelectric" material.
Hardware, Memory, Computer Science
141 points by chmaynard 59 days ago | 74 comments
Verbal Overshadowing (edge.org)
Suppose that two people witness a crime: one describes in words what they saw, while the other does not. When tested later on their memories of the event, the person who verbally described the incident will be worse at later remembering or recognizing what actually happened. This is verbal overshadowing.
Psychology, Memory, Cognition
17 points by yamrzou 61 days ago | 2 comments
Asgard launches world's first DDR5-9600 DIMMs (tomshardware.com)
Hardware, Memory, Technology, RAM
84 points by apsec112 64 days ago | 57 comments
Why are stories so powerful? Insights from the psychology of memory (2017) (archive.org)
After the amazing response my last post received, I couldn’t help but think about why this idea, the idea that academic writers can learn something from fiction writers, resonated so strongly with so many people.
Psychology, Memory, Writing, Storytelling, Academic Writing
7 points by yamrzou 68 days ago | 0 comments
Why Do Students Remember Everything on Television and Forget Everything I Say? (aft.org)
How does the mind work—and especially how does it learn? Teachers’ instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut instinct. Such knowledge often serves us well, but is there anything sturdier to rely on?
Education, Learning, Psychology, Memory
15 points by yamrzou 69 days ago | 8 comments
AMD's new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign RAM to gaming (theverge.com)
AMD, Laptops, Gaming, Hardware, Memory
4 points by ivewonyoung 70 days ago | 0 comments