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The reason this will never happen in the way you're imagining it, is yields. 16 GB of ram is just too much die area. In a small way, this has already happened
by nordsieck 11y ago
The reason this will never happen in the way you're imagining it, is yields. 16 GB of ram is just too much die area.
In a small way, this has already happened, though. The intel Iris Pro has 1.5 GB of basically 4th level cache, shared between the GPU and the CPU.
I could see memory on the package, though, which might generate some of the benefits you're looking for.
- yazaddaruvala 11y agoInteresting! Given that RAM is relatively simple, I wouldn't have expected yields to be such an issue. Also, since the marginal cost of a CPU is relatively low, I figured again, it wouldn't be a large hit to Intel's bottom line to overcome the yields or to give out new chips through warranty. Remember that for buyers, RAM and CPUs are marked up significantly. A combined CPU RAM unit, would be justified to have increased price over just a CPU. As long as CPU-RAM Unit cost <= CPU + RAM, buyers wouldn't mind and society would end up better as a whole. Potentially making it worthwhile for Intel, regardless of loss in yield. I am not very educated on the subject though, so I'll defer to your knowledge on it, and agree.
- Narishma 11y ago> The intel Iris Pro has 1.5 GB of basically 4th level cache, shared between the GPU and the CPU. You mean 128 MB?
- nordsieck 11y agoWhopse.