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iso1631 on Dec 10, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yamaha DX7 reverse-engineering, part III: Inside t...

Both have been increasing throughout history. RAM in my 6 year old desktop is 16GB, 100 times the size of the hard drive I had 25 years ago.

My SSD today I'm sure is far faster than the memory I had 25 years ago.

naikrovek on Dec 10, 2021 [–]

yep, and the pressure for more RAM and faster RAM has not gone away.

if we can ever get back to synchronous RAM access again, with low single-digit cycle latency, lots of computing realities will change.

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