$50 RAMDISK PCI card

Gigabyte Brings Solid State Storage to the Mainstream

http://anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2431&p=5
In an effort to differentiate themselves from other motherboard manufacturers, Gigabyte has introduced a number of interesting add-ons for their motherboards, the most interesting of which is their $50 RAMDISK PCI card.

The card is a regular 32-bit PCI card that features four standard DIMM slots on board. The card also features a custom Gigabyte FPGA that is programmed to act as a SATA to DDR translator, which convinces the SATA controller you connect the card to that the memory you have on that card is no different than a regular SATA HDD. As long as you have memory on the card, the card will be available at POST as an actual SATA drive, with no additional drivers necessary.
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I was thinking the same thing, Craeonics!

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shoot, that would be great for a number of applications that use a swap file.. like PhotoShop.