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Re:Reducing runtime memory in Windows 8 by sliverstorm on Friday October 07, 2011 @11:25PM (#3086936)
Yes, that is the thing about SRAM. It is not 10x more expensive than DRAM. Oh no. No, no, no, no, no. If it were to ever fall to only 10x more, it would be like the 2nd coming of Memory.

On modern CPU's, HALF- or MORE of the silicon is used to afford 4-16MB L3 caches. A CPU die is not much smaller than a DRAM chip, and a 1GB chip of DRAM is less than $10 these days judging by the prices of 16GB, 16-chip sticks of DRAM.

Re:Reducing runtime memory in Windows 8 by Someone on Saturday October 08, 2011 @01:07PM (#3088347)
I am not saying your conclusion is wrong, but:

- CPU caches are wired much more complex than SRAM memory modules would need to be. It may be shared between CPUs, and being n-way surely requires silicon, too.

- if the ratio is way more than 10, why, then, do I find zillions of references stating that a) DRAM needs a transistor per bit, and b) SRAM can be built with 6 transistors per bit?