Weird Al had 100 gigs of RAM
Interesting point that RAM has basically not moved up in consumer computers in 10+ years... wonder why.<p>The article answers its own question by pointing out SSDs allow better swapping, bus is wider and RAM is more and more integrated into processor, etc.<p>But I think this misses the point. Did these solutions make it uneconomic to increase RAM density, or did scaling challenges in RAM density lead to a bunch of other nearby things getting better to compensate?<p>I&#x27;d guess the problem is in scaling RAM density itself because performance is just not very good on 8gb macbooks, compared to 16gb. If &quot;unified memory&quot; was really that great, I&#x27;d expect there to be largely no difference in perceived quality.<p>Does anyone have expertise in RAM manufacturing challenge?