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What is "RAM-like speed?" It certainly was a different value 20 years ago than it is today. I'm restoring a machine from 1989 that on a good day can push 15MB/s
by Maursault 5y ago
What is "RAM-like speed?" It certainly was a different value 20 years ago than it is today. I'm restoring a machine from 1989 that on a good day can push 15MB/s through RAM, while I think contemporary RAM will do more than 12GB/s. GP's statement is ambiguous.
RAM has always been perceived as fast, but storage was always perceived as slow, for decades, and didn't begin to get fast until 20 years ago. I think if there were 15MB/s HDDs matching RAM bandwidth in 1989 it would seem a lot more impressive than a really really fast, near-RAM bandwidth-fast SSD today, even though 12GB/s is so crazy fast it is beyond comprehension.