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Moores law held for RAM until about 2016. If you start in 1980 with 32K and then double it every two years, you get a reasonable approximation of the RAM of a
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
Moores law held for RAM until about 2016.
If you start in 1980 with 32K and then double it every two years, you get a reasonable approximation of the RAM of a desktop-class computer all the way until then.
You hit 8GB in 2016 and then the rule goes out of the window.
- Kerrick 4y agoGoing from 2016 to today (2022) is three more doublings, which would be 64GB of RAM -- and that is an available configuration in laptops such as the XPS 17 or the MacBook Pro. That's not even considering desktops (which can handle 128GB) or workstations (which can reach terabytes).
- bombcar 4y ago8GB in ‘16 would be a nice amount - 64GB seems a bit high for me today. And 8GB in 16 was common but I feel 64GB today is relatively rare.
- tanjtanjtanj 4y agoI purchased a 32GB kit of fast-for-the-time RAM for around $150 in 2016. There was a 64GB kit available for a little more than I wanted to pay as well. In years after that the price of RAM went WAY up due to a mixture of natural disasters, RAM cartels, and a change of priorities for manufacturers. In 2019 I was offered $320 for those same sticks of used RAM. Looking at current motherboards of the same type, they also top out at 64GB (I know there are higher limits but I'm in the Mini-ITX ecosystem). So I agree with your point just disagree a bit on the 8GB number as I had a fairly middle of the road laptop in 2012 with 16GB of RAM as well.