VA Research Linux Systems First to Announce Support and Shipment of 2 Gigabytes of RAM under Linux | Linux Today

VA Research Linux Systems First to Announce Support and Shipment of 2 Gigabytes of RAM under Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 9, 1998

Formerly, the stable Linux kernel on Intel(R) hardware was
restricted to supporting only 1 gigabyte of memory, and this new
advance brings Linux to the forefront of Intel(R) platform
computing technology.

VA Research CEO Larry M. Augustin said, “Advances like this show
that the Linux platform is up to the task of handling large
scientific and corporate data serving needs while remaining the
most stable, fast and reliable platform available.”


Complete press release
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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