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Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU (www.techradar.com)

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Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU::LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

On CPU is definitely superior for performance, and what I'm not seeing people consider here is a future where you have On-CPU-RAM and On-Motherboard-RAM. CPU RAM for intense CPU functions, and traditionally seated RAM to be more like a modern "swap" I suppose, but instead of using the slower disks for swap, you're just using slower RAM.

I could especially see this in Enterprise level hardware. I'm just saying, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Por Que No Los Dos?

I know, I know, you can't expect corporations to do squat to benefit the consumer, but one can hope.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, there is no way they’re gonna put 1TB of RAM on a CPU die anytime soon.

Does that mean that consumer hardware will include expandable RAM though? I feel like for the average person, that option still has a very high chance of disappearing on a lot of machines.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, a very high chance of disappearing. The unfortunate reality is probably 80% of people never upgrade their laptops or desktops. Building and maintaining your own PC has become more en vogue in recent years, but the vast majority of average consumers just don't take part in the practice. Thus, it will not be prioritized by the industry. Why spend money on making your machines upgrade-able if the majority of users don't ever take advantage of the feature?

I don't like why it will happen, but I understand the economics of it.

[–] Telodzrum 7 points 10 months ago

Bro, it’s way higher than 80%.

[–] monkeyman512 3 points 10 months ago

I think most people don't know the difference between "on-die" and "on-package". This may be what they mean: https://beebom.com/intel-meteor-lake-cpu-on-chip-ram/