&gt; A likely development will be to put the RAM memory on the same chip as the CPU (or at least in the same housing) in order to decrease the distances for data transmission.<p>I&#x27;ve been waiting for this for 5 years, I don&#x27;t know why it hasn&#x27;t happened already.<p>- Optimized clock speeds, layouts, improved connectivity (i.e. increased number of RAM channels)<p>-- Reduced latency<p>-- Increased bandwidth<p>- Would there even be a need for an MMU?<p>-- CPUs wouldn&#x27;t need to work with a variety of RAM types<p>-- i.e. Less complexity, fewer points of failure<p>The only cons:<p>- RAM size would not be configurable<p>Meanwhile, for better or worse, the majority of consumers can&#x27;t re-configure their own RAM (Laptops&#x2F;Smartphones), or on a desktop they don&#x27;t know how. Businesses would either buy beefy hardware that suited their constraints or spend money on custom configurations. So this con only really effects hobbyists.