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Re:AMD expects to outsell Intel in Q4 for the first time in ... by addaon on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @01:05PM (#50369278)
> what do I get for it? Persistence?

Density. PCM is closer in bits-per-unit-area to Flash than to DRAM.

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Re:AMD expects to outsell Intel in Q4 for the first time in ... by mort96 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:52PM (#50373076)
Yeah but that doesn't help if it's too slow to use as DRAM
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Re:AMD expects to outsell Intel in Q4 for the first time in ... by addaon on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @07:24PM (#50373360)
It's another level in the hierarchy. DRAM is too slow to use as SRAM, but it's denser, so it has a place. Flash is too slow to use as DRAM (or PCM), but it's denser, so it has a place. Spinning rust. Tapes. Adding another layer between DRAM and Flash to take advantage of its unique trade-offs is not only reasonable, it's exactly what we always do.
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