What's up with the memory when computers go hungry?
In the given pace with which technology is advancing - that latest purchase of a computer or a phone becomes obsolete even before you get the hang of it, and you're caught in a fix, whether to upgrade your existing grab or replace it altogether.
Memory of that desktop, not the literal, but the storage space is the biggest catch, as the processors get powerful and the software's complicated, memory has to live up and feed the former.
RAM or disk is where that computer stores data. Unlike the RAM, however, a disk retains the data even when you power it down. Now, that was it, with the evolution, a new system called dual channel memory has been developed that, splits the RAM memory into two channels. With dual channels, RAM will now have two routes to take to the chip, sending information to the processor simultaneously, increasing the overall bandwidth. RAM modules developed of late are embedded with Double Data Rate Modules that, throughput data twice as fast. In the ever-sprouting hardware arena after the DDR, DDR2 is the latest hot cake, and soon DDR3 could rule the roost.
If RAM is improving then USB's too cannot lag behind - USB drive has a storage medium known as flash memory installed within that currently arrive in eight and 16 gigabytes with frequent increase in capacity. Taking on from here, dad of the trade - Microsoft has designed a system (Ready Boost) to utilize USB memory sticks (to store files that do not fit in the main memory) to strengthen the internal memory of its pie - Vista PC (that works best with at least one gigabyte of RAM).
Microsoft may be at the pinnacle but isn't the only one using flash memory in USB sticks - SanDisk and Samsung are the others that using flash memory to develop hard disk replacements Solid State Disks (SSD). Using SSD is perhaps expensive, but the flash disks play well to outdo the laborious mechanical delays required to locate the small files on the hard disk.
Nothing remains a legacy in the technological world, what costs a fortune today may charge a dime tomorrow - and who knows after the desktops your laptops may be the next in the revolutionizing fray.
[Source: BBC]
