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Why not increase RAM x5?
by 6ren 13y ago
Why not increase RAM x5?
- chris_mahan 13y agoRAM has to be powered.
- 6ren 13y agoI hadn't considered power, thinking it would be minimal. Research agrees - but task dependent: The RAM, audio and flash subsystems consistently showed the lowest power consumption. ...RAM power can exceed CPU power in certain workloads, but in practical situations, CPU power overshadows RAM by a factor of two or more. [p.11, graph on p.5] from 2010: An Analysis of Power Consumption in a Smartphone https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix.org%2Fevent%2Fusenix10%2Ftech%2Ffull_papers%2FCarroll.pdf https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usenix....