RAM is the new disk - we're seeing a phase change whereby most data can be held permanently in RAM. For a laptop, this might not a lot of sense (until non-volat

RAM is the new disk - we're seeing a phase change whereby most data can be held permanently in RAM. For a laptop, this might not a lot of sense (until non-volatile RAM arrives), but for servers, RAM density is enabling multi-TB datasets to be held in memory. This will be transformative since it means that businesses can easily access memory like the big boys (Google, Facebook) using off-the-shelf software.