RetroFed Forum
Your home away from modern life.
Search Categories Forum list Register Log in
About RetroFed
RetroFed

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

  • Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
  • Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
  • Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)
74 registered users
Administrators: DosDude, Die4Ever
Visit retrofed.com
40 years ago we entered the megabit memory era with IBM’s DRAM breakthrough — a major leap beyond the 64 kilobit chips common at the time
Post Reply RetroFed Forum Forum Index » Hardware
AuthorMessage
Rekall Incorporated piefed.social Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
Quote

Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/40-years-ago-we-entered-the-megabit-memory-era-with-ibms-dram-breakthrough-a-major-leap-beyond-the-64-kilobit-chips-common-at-the-time

IBM framed the announcement as American tech fighting back against Japan’s increasing domination of the memory market.
43   Original
Rekall Incorporated Moderator Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#2 · Quote Reply

As a child of the 90s, I still remember the big emphasis in English-langauge media on the rise of Japan in the 80s. But even in the 90s, Japan was some sort of land of the future with next generation electronics and bullet trains.

And now we get articles about usage of fax still being prevalent and Japan finally getting rid of floppy disks in government workflows.

Would love to visit Japan for two months.
13
Post Reply
Back to top
Powered by PieFed · PieBB frontend · All times are Europe/Amsterdam