DRAM prices have skyrocketed thanks to the explosion in construction of AI data centers, which can require massive amounts of memory. Prices are high, getting higher, and won’t come down until well ...

In popular media, “AI” usually means large language models running in expensive, power-hungry data centers. For many applications, though, smaller models running on local hardware are a much better ...

When we think about human intelligence, memory is one of the first things that comes to mind. It’s what enables us to learn from our experiences, adapt to new situations, and make more informed ...

The upcoming release adds asynchronous I/O and UUID v7 for faster transactions, yet lacks features to support HTAP and agentic AI workloads. The upcoming version of PostgreSQL 18, the latest release ...

Naresh Miryala is an accomplished engineering leader at Meta with nearly two decades of experience in cloud and data platform engineering. As someone deeply involved in the database space, the rapid ...

Aerospike Inc., which sells a commercial version of its namesake open-source, scalable, real-time NoSQL database management system, today unveiled a new version that it said is the first real-time ...

For a very long time, we have been under the impression that memory and learning are solely the brain’s forte. Central to this belief is the fact that our brains, particularly our brain cells, store ...

The children’s fairy tale of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ describes the adventures of Goldi as she tries to choose among three choices for bedding, chairs, and bowls of porridge. One meal is “too ...

If you are experiencing high memory usage or notice system slowdowns, adjusting memory compression settings can help. This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough on how to check, enable, or disable ...

Getting older is finally getting something of a rebrand: 40 is the new 20, and 60 is the new 40; it’s cool to be authentic on social media and share unfiltered, no-makeup pictures of your face. And ...