jedec

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Corsair pulls Dominator GT DDR3 memory because of failures

Corsair pulls Dominator GT DDR3 memory because of failuresI Only Trust Crucial RAMThe only RAM that has proven trust worthy is manufactured by Crucial. I tried Corsair RAM and it failed after six months of use.Overvolted Memory FailsI'm not surprised at Corsair pulling this product.As a system builder, I experienced...

Tags: Flash memory, Corsair, memory, G.Skill, JEDEC, RAM

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

ZDNet reader: Don't let OOXML vs. ODF shenanigans tarnish other standards setters

I've been a watcher of the great many standards setting processes for a great many years and there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes that most people don't know about. In 2003, I even won an award for my coverage of standards from the American National Standards Institute:...

Tags: JEDEC, Specification, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Computerworld, OpenDocument Format, Session, Standards, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-06

Public discourse under way over definition of "open"

Public discourse under way over definition of "open"No commenta VERY thoughtful analysis!Writing in the box[i]The box for editing comments on IBM blogs is small and difficult to work with if you're trying to edit a long post at midnight.[/i]As distinct from the box for editing comments on ZD blogs?Pot, meet...

Tags: Quality, specification, DRAM, JEDEC, standards

Discussion threads 2005-06-17

Additional Resources

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09Adrian:Use Intel much?I appreciated your lineup, but noticed one glaring fact: while I can agree that Intel offers the best extreme processor in the i7 965 EE (for $1000), I noticed the glaring omission of any AMD parts. I think that if...

Tags: Processors, Virtualization, RAID, Jul/Aug 09, Hardware 2.0, Intel Corp., CPU, HyperThreading, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Why Flash and Silverlight will save the web

Why Flash and Silverlight will save the webnone issueI thought that parts of flash Flex were open source and parts of silverlight are too. as these platforms evolve, open standards will be tacked on them. SilverLight, my opinion, really needs HTML display support built in so W3 standards...

Tags: Channel management, Quality, Microsoft Silverlight, Web, standards

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slow

RAM to avoid: hot, expensive and slowJEDECFB-DIMM was proposed by Intel back in 2003 (March, to be specific) to the JC-42 memory committee. The reason for it, as they explained in their slideware, was that server performance had more to do with total amount of memory than with either...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Servers, RAM, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FB-DIMM

Discussion threads 2007-05-21

Must vendors wait for standards?

Must vendors wait for standards?Differences and Distinctions[i]The problem I see is with the standards bodies. Prolonging an argument and this could go on for another year only promotes the establishment of quasi-proprietary standards on a standard base. Or maybe I'm just old-fashioned…[/i]Lumping all standards groups together is approximately as valid...

Tags: Quality, standards

Discussion threads 2007-01-24

FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip market

FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip marketHere we go againHistory repeats -- especially when it works so well the first time.Rambus is [i]reputed[/i] to hold blocking IP on the JEDEC FBDIMM standard. However, they refuse to tell the Committee or JEDEC BOD what, if any, they have.Of course, in a...

Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Network technology, Rambus Inc., antitrust, patent, memory chip, FTC, fraud statute, chip

Discussion threads 2006-08-02

AJAX and open source confusion

AJAX and open source confusionOne way?[i]Trouble is, the commitee way does not move quickly. We have seen this with WiFi, where "preliminary" designs for new standards are out before the ink on those standards is dry.[/i]That depends. One of the big drawbacks to the "standard by fiat" approach is...

Tags: Quality, open source confusion, AJAX, open source

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

OpenDocument standard ratified

OpenDocument standard ratifiedJust a WAG but I would say...Office Automation and workflows would be a couple of places where Microsoft Office users would find .odf supported documents lacking.Like I said, just a WAG.Sounds like a good excuse.Was that your only one?Are you working with DRAMs? ntntStill waiting[i]However, Jason Matusow, Microsoft...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?

AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?I care, and the Pentium M is Intel's secret weaponJoel,Nice work and thanks for that link which measures CPU power consumption. I'll have to see if they include Pentium M numbers.I do have a comment. You're absolutely right that...

Tags: Processors, Servers, Pentium M architecture, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium M, Intel Pentium, processor

Discussion threads 2005-08-03

New OASIS chairman replaced after only five months

New OASIS chairman replaced after only five monthsFYIA much older standards body ([url="http://www.jedec.org"]JEDEC[/url]) which deals almost entirely in hardware [1] has a [url="http://www.jedec.org/Home/manuals/JEDEC_Patent_Policy_Stmt.pdf"]patent policy[/url] much stricter than OASIS' current RAND policy.If OASIS had adopted JEDEC's "unencumbered if possible, RAND if you must" policy from the beginning, I suspect that the...

Tags: Corporate governance, OASIS, board, Eduardo Gutentag

Discussion threads 2005-08-03