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Re:In the future even your RAM will have firmware; and the s... by sitkack on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:42PM (#26032078)
Main memory will move to an HBM, "regular" ram beyond the first 32,64 ... GB will be DDRX, then it will be pmem (Optane, etc). We will just keep getting more layers in the hierarchy.
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Re:In the future even your RAM will have firmware; and the s... by wahern on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:22PM (#26032703)
Yep. Because memory access fundamentally scales in O(sqrt(N)) time, not O(1). http://www.ilikebigbits.com/2014_04_21_myth_of_ram_1.html
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