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memory technology has always been what holds computing back, even today. one can buy any amount of RAM that they need, but it still must be populated with data
by naikrovek 5y ago
memory technology has always been what holds computing back, even today.
one can buy any amount of RAM that they need, but it still must be populated with data at boot time, from some slower storage medium, like SSDs, for example. what will "boot" or "reboot" mean once we are able to merge main storage with working RAM, and have the capacity and persistence of SSDs with the speed and throughput of RAM?
- iso1631 5y agoBoth have been increasing throughout history. RAM in my 6 year old desktop is 16GB, 100 times the size of the hard drive I had 25 years ago. My SSD today I'm sure is far faster than the memory I had 25 years ago.
- naikrovek 5y agoyep, and the pressure for more RAM and faster RAM has not gone away. if we can ever get back to synchronous RAM access again, with low single-digit cycle latency, lots of computing realities will change.